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HANDLING CHARGES The Times and Sunday Times are strident on the press's right to identify criminal suspects, but when one of their own was arrested they went all quiet.

A CHRISTMAS MIRROR CULL Mirror editor Caroline Waterston has departed after only 20 months, and just weeks after publisher Retch plc made many of the paper's staff redundant.

STREET OF SCROOGE Reach plc management told staff that Christmas parties would not be funded by the company – but they would all receive a Christmas bonus... of £20.

COCK FIGHT When former TV presenters Piers Moron and Dan Wootton had an online spat, Wootton launched an extraordinary rant that went into graphic detail.

NATIONAL AFFRONT Struggling for viewing figures, the Sun's Harry Cole invited a far-right influencer on to his YouTube show in the hope of attracting online attention.

RED SEA SCROLLING The Daily Mail has lined its end-of-year coffers by pumping out a raft of positive content about a film festival in Saudi Arabia.

YE OLDE CLICK-BAYTE The Express is leading the way among outlets churning out headlines that at first glance seem to tell of recent events but actually just exhume old scandals.

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