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Polydor Complain To PCC About Jan Moir's Stephen Gately Article

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October 22, 2009 by Scott Colothan
Polydor Complain To PCC About Jan Moir's Stephen Gately Article
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Stephen Gately's label, Polydor Records, have complained to the PCC about the now infamous Jan Moir article published in the Daily Mail last Friday (October 16).

The Press Complaints Commission have now been contacted by over 25,000 people angry with Moir's article which was originally titled 'Why there was nothing 'natural' about Stephen Gately's Death'.

In a statement to the BBC, a spokesperson from Polydor confirmed that they had lodged a complaint to the press watchdog, but gave no further information.

The PCC has already questioned the Daily Mail about the article, but are yet to launch a formal investigation as they usually wait for a complaint from a “directly-affected party”, in this case Stephen Gately's family.

Outrage over the article which questioned the "happy-ever-after myth of civil partnerships" exploded on Twitter and other social networking sites with high profile names such as Stephen Fry and Derren Brown criticising it.

Moir wrote in the article: The original article included lines such as: "Whatever the cause of death is, it is not, by any yardstick, a natural one. Let us be absolutely clear about this.”

"As a gay rights champion, I am sure he would want to set an example to any impressionable young men who may want to emulate what they might see as his glamorous routine.”  

"For once again, under the carapace of glittering, hedonistic celebrity, the ooze of a very different and more dangerous lifestyle has seeped out for all to see."

However, Moir released a statement denying the article is homophobic and inflammatory and that she has been the victim of an “orchestrated internet campaign.”

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  • Wine drinking, hen party attention seeking, badly informed hack. Please don't take this woman seriously. She doesn't deserve it. Absolute disgrace, and an example of the worse side of human nature.

    ~ by Jason 10/22/2009 Report

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