By Chris Boffey

Chris Boffey, a former Fleet Street news editor and onetime special adviser to the Labour government, explains how the Daily Mail’s claims about Harriet Harman snowballed into a mass media frenzy.

The floodgates opened on Harriet Harman and her links to the Paedophile Information Exchange on Sunday when the Daily Mail’s stories about her and husband Jack Dromey and former cabinet minister Patricia Hewitt were legitimised by the Observer.

In her column Barbara Ellen, under the headline “Labour trio can’t stay silent on this paedophile claim”, said: “So, while this should not turn into a witch-hunt, it does not matter that it Read full story ›

Source: The Drum