Daily Star pulls Raoul Moat videogame article following complaints
July 22nd, 2010Posted by Laura Oliver in Newspapers, Online Journalism
The Daily Star has removed an article published on its website yesterday that claimed a videogame based on Raoul Moat was in development.
“[L]ast night gaming websites showed the cover of Grand Theft Auto Rothbury – a version of the XBox hit Grand Theft Auto,” the article, which is still available at time of writing as a Google Cache, said.
But several gaming news websites, including Escapist Magazine and Future’s Computer and Video Games, raised concerns about the article.
The Star told Journalism.co.uk that it had temporarily removed the article following complaints, which it was investigating.
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July 26th, 2010 at 10:02 am
[...] Journalism.co.uk reported that the newspaper had removed the article last week, saying they would investigate the matter. [...]