Here’s a sharp insight into the viciousness and bullying nature of Britain’s tabloid press. The Tory MP has challenged News Corp for phone-hacking and implicated Piers Morgan of CNN under parliamentary privilege. This is what she got for doing so:
Dear Mrs Mensch
We are informing you that we have come into possession of the following information, about yourself, and would like to ask you for any comments, before we publish this information.
1. Whilst working at EMI, in the 1990s, you took drugs with Nigel Kennedy at Ronnie Scott’s in Birmingham, including dancing on a dance floor, whilst drunk, with Mr Kennedy, in front of journalists. Photos of this exist.
2. Whilst working at EMI, in the 1990s, you wrote a novel, of a sexual nature, on your work computer, during working hours, and that it was this that caused EMI to terminate your employment. Correspondence of this exists.
3. The resultant novel included derogatory references to a driver called Roger, a character you based on Roger Lewis, your then line manager, Managing Director at EMI, who is now Group Chief Executive of Welsh Rugby Union.
We look forward to hearing from you.
With thanks
David Jones Investigative Journalists
She fights back the good old-fashioned way: by conceding most of what these bullies were trying to silence her with.
The Dish 