Whilst looking through reader 5 and making notes, I was listening to ITV's This morning. They were discussing the current affairs of Prince Harry and new girlfriend, US actress, Meghan Markle. It was really interesting to hear Phillip and Holly (hosts of This Morning) chatting to Camilla Tominey (Royal editor of the Sunday Express) about the statement Prince Harry had released expressing his anger and concern for his girlfriends safety. They were talking about 'social media trolls' and the nasty things said on Twitter to Meghan. Some of this included 'racism' towards her black mother. Phillip picked up on Camilla being the first to release a story on the couple but she protested that everything she had written was true, that there was no bias, no judgement made towards Meghan and no 'character assassination' like other reporters. Camilla also felt strongly for Meghan due to the fact she had no representation on the matter and hadn't been given any 'right of reply'. It was also claimed that Meghan's family members had been offered 6 figure incentives to reveal inside information on the couple. There are so many ethical and moral issues here: invasion of privacy, bribery and bullying to name a few.
Check out Camilla Tominey's article here:
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