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J O U R N A L I S M W E E K LY<br />
www.pressgazette.co.uk 14 December 2012<br />
Regionals<br />
Dorries: I'll not talk<br />
to local paper again<br />
BY ANDREW PUGH<br />
Conservative MP Nadine Dorries is<br />
refusing to speak to her local newspaper<br />
over what she describes as a series of<br />
salacious and inaccurate stories.<br />
Dorries claimed the Bedfordshire on<br />
Sunday (BoS) specialised in “character<br />
assassination” and accused the newspaper<br />
of indulging in “lazy journalism” by<br />
“stalking her Twitter account for easy<br />
copy”.<br />
“I'll never give that newspaper a quote<br />
again,” she told Press Gazette. The BoS<br />
insists it has done nothing wrong and is<br />
now finding it increasingly frustrating that<br />
Dorries has refused to have any form of<br />
communication with them.<br />
The Tory MP for Mid-Bedford was<br />
keen to stress she had a good relationship<br />
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