Guardian falls for ID hoax

Contrary to a statement in a column yesterday (Since when did trying to have your photograph taken constitute a threat to national security?, page 5, G2) the Metropolitan police do not require professional photographers operating in central London to hold a police permit and wear a radio-linked ID tag. The material on which this part of the column was based was a hoax. We apologise for its use. Link

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This entry was written by Craig Silverman, posted on August 4, 2008 at 8:00 am, filed under Major Errors, Newspapers and tagged , , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

One Comment

  1. Nick McGowan-Lowe
    Posted August 9, 2008 at 4:47 pm | Permalink

    When the Guardian says “hoax”, what they really mean is “implausible article, published on April 1st, currently labeled with a large orange icon saying “April Fool”, and which has seven comments added recognising it as an April Fool.

    Original article:

    http://www.epuk.org/News/836/met-to-relax-london-photography-restrictions

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