With the Leveson inquiry putting newspaper editors on their best behaviour, 2012 has naturally been a lean year for poorly supported sensational stories in our print media. Surprisingly, this hasn’t left those of us who like excitement any worse off. The truth has been as exciting as any disturbing editors’ fantasies we’ve seen in previous years.
We had an escaped lion in Essex. A lion! In Essex! With pictures and everything. They weren’t even clumsily Photoshopped ones that appeared during last year’s riots. Oh, hang on, they were.
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