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Stokes Croft: Press Association saying Tesco Met was petrol bombed!!!

newshound | 23.04.2011 08:02 | Other Press

The Press Association, as published on the Guardian website, is saying on Thursday night during the riot in Stoke Croft, the branch of Tesco Metro was petrol bombed!!!
Title: "Police accused over arrests riot"
Published on the Guardian website:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/9610316

The Press Association have put out a report Friday evening saying that the branch of Tesco Metro in Stokes Croft was petrol bombed during the riot Thursday night! It has been published on the Guardian website since last night (Friday).

Title: "Police accused over arrests riot"
Published on the Guardian website:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/9610316

This glaring error is in the 3rd paragraph down, 2nd sentence. At 03:09, on 23.04.2011, as soon as I first noticed it, I telephoned the Press Association and complained and then sent a complaint on their contact page on their website.

I told them the story has been live for 24 hours and nowhere else has this been reported, because it is completely incorrect, and said that it was not only really shoddy journalism, but completely unacceptable and an outrage, considering the fact that this report would have now gone around the world.

Inexplicably, despite having done this 6 hrs ago, the report remains in it's original form on the Guardian website as I write this (09:00).

If you want to also complain, ring the Press Association on: +44 (0)870 120 3200
or
email them on their contact page at:  http://www.pressassociation.com/contact.html

The Guardian's report yesturday (Friday), which did not report about this petrol bomb having been actually used:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/22/bristol-riot-police-injured


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