SOME BRITISH MEDIA TYPES HERE IN CANADA
Updated: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 07:30:14 GMT | By Jill Lawless, The Associated Press, thecanadianpress.com
LONDON - Britain's governing Conservatives were struggling to focus attention on their economic policies Monday after a government minister sent an explicit photo to a tabloid journalist posing on Twitter as a young party supporter.
Brooks Newmark resigned as minister for civil society after learning that the recipient of a suggestive snapshot of himself wearing paisley pyjamas was a male reporter for the Sunday Mirror tabloid, rather than a young woman named Sophie.
Newmark, who is married with five children, accepted responsibility for his misfortune, telling television network ITV: "I have been a complete fool. I have no one to blame but myself."
But some colleagues accused the newspaper of entrapment.
Several other Conservative lawmakers said they also had been approached on Twitter by someone purporting to be a 20-something party PR worker.
One of them, Mark Pritchard, said he would complain to police and Britain's press regulator about the newspaper's behaviour.
The Sunday Mirror said its subterfuge was justified because the investigation into lawmakers' behaviour on social media was in the public interest.
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Updated: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 07:30:14 GMT | By Jill Lawless, The Associated Press, thecanadianpress.com
LONDON - Britain's governing Conservatives were struggling to focus attention on their economic policies Monday after a government minister sent an explicit photo to a tabloid journalist posing on Twitter as a young party supporter.
Brooks Newmark resigned as minister for civil society after learning that the recipient of a suggestive snapshot of himself wearing paisley pyjamas was a male reporter for the Sunday Mirror tabloid, rather than a young woman named Sophie.
Newmark, who is married with five children, accepted responsibility for his misfortune, telling television network ITV: "I have been a complete fool. I have no one to blame but myself."
But some colleagues accused the newspaper of entrapment.
Several other Conservative lawmakers said they also had been approached on Twitter by someone purporting to be a 20-something party PR worker.
One of them, Mark Pritchard, said he would complain to police and Britain's press regulator about the newspaper's behaviour.
The Sunday Mirror said its subterfuge was justified because the investigation into lawmakers' behaviour on social media was in the public interest.
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New-type dengue virus found in Japan (Nikkei Asian Review)
Japan again looks to get domestic fighter jet off ground (Nikkei Asian Review)
5 mouth signs and symptoms you should never ignore (Best Health)
A New Strain of Malware is Targeting Your Files and Making You… (Ricoh)
5 must-visit farmers' markets in Canada (Best Health)
Highest Paying University Degrees in Canada (Monster)
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Missing N.B. man found dead in Alberta, closing 19-year-old case
Ryan Gillis dead in Alberta car crash
Ex-husband of murdered mom found hanging from tree in park
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