The general election proved how important local media is to our democracy

When the veracity of that picture was questioned, the paper fought back. Its editor, James Mitchinson, published a warning against the rise of fake news. In an open letter to a reader who

had seen a post on Facebook that claimed the incident was a set-up, Mitchinson wrote:

“We went to great lengths to establish the story was true and to check that the hospital accepted as much. I do not blame you for contacting me as you have done. You are not the only one to

have seen the Sheree Jenner-Hepburn Facebook post — amongst thousands of others very similar in nature — and believed it to be true.”

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