Press Gazette: Sun falls prey to Mugabe house hoax

October 8th, 2008 Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick

The Sun has taken down an article from its website about a palace it claimed belonged to Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe - it has emerged that the photograph showed an American house used in the film Beethoven's 4th. Full story...

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