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You'd think the Mail on Sunday would struggle to plumb new depths of gutter journalism, but yesterday’s attempt to “expose” Britain’s food banks as a soft touch for “fraudsters” to exploit was way down in the sewer.
Intrepid reporter Ross Slater went undercover, braving who knows what risks to trick a volunteer who was “in her 60s” into believing he was destitute with a wife and children to feed.
He was — shock horror — then given some food, which the Mail sniffily reports included “less essential items” (a 65p chocolate pudding).
As Palestine Action prisoners go weeks without food, alleging dangerous neglect and detention without trial, campaigners warn that a near-total media blackout is hiding a crisis that could turn fatal – and fuel a growing wave of public anger. ELIZABETH SHORT reports
