Hearing @ExaroNews closing down today, everyone sacked.
— Media Guido (@MediaGuido) July 20, 2016
Board meeting agreed it and then the staff were told. All @ExaroNews staff have had their keys taken and told not to come in tomorrow.
— Media Guido (@MediaGuido) July 20, 2016
The controversial site which broke some of the more ‘sensational’ paedophile ring allegations is no more…
Looks like the controversial Exaro editor Mark Watts, who published some of the more sensational Tory paedophile ring allegations, including by the now discredited ‘Nick’, has been let go:
Cuts to Exaro editorial’s budget of around a half are planned, but how these will be carried out is yet to be finalised…
— Mark Watts (@MarkWatts_1) June 2, 2016
One element of the planned cuts is to make the position of Exaro’s Editor-in-Chief redundant. Yes, the plan is for Exaro to have no editor…
— Mark Watts (@MarkWatts_1) June 2, 2016
Byline beckons…
The Telegraph, Mirror, Metro and Mail have all followed up Exaro’s top scoop that Leon Brittan has been buried in an unmarked grave for fear it would be vandalised. The MailOnline headline has however since been changed with no explanation, though the URL remains the same:
Why the subtle change? As is being pointed out this morning, and as the new Mail copy states: “In accordance with Jewish tradition, the former home secretary is said to have been interred in an simple plot without flowers in Golders Green Cemetery”.
Stories about Leon Brittan buried in an unmarked grave are ludicrous – Jewish graves not immediately marked. Sick and pathetic muck-raking.
— Marcus Dysch (@MarcusDysch) February 9, 2015
@ExaroNews You are aware that Jewish graves aren't marked until a stone setting about a year later?
— Daniel Finkelstein (@Dannythefink) February 9, 2015
No tombstones on Jewish graves for 1st 12 months though… RT @MarkWatts_1 Leon Brittan buried in unmarked grave http://t.co/6jEMcEQjVM”
— Jessica Elgot (@jessicaelgot) February 9, 2015
Wonder what other assumptions Exaro have failed to check…
