Never Try And Sell A Story To A Newspaper

[susanwells]

.. about a member of the Royal Family. The two men who had a go have got 5 years for trying to blackmail a very minor royal.
Blackmail is a nasty thing.
Nowhere did it say the story was categorically denied by the blackmailee though. :hearty

[TheOldhamWhisper]

...Nowhere did it say the story was categorically denied...

A tactic that has long been used based on the idea that to deny anything is to lend credence to the story. :doh (Never did figure that one out).

[Win2Win]

They'll be out in 2 then!! :ermmm

[bigcumba]

the idea that to deny anything is to lend credence to the story

Wasn't me :wink

[Win2Win]

Wasn't me :wink
I seen you even though it was pitch black......

[tophatter]

Certain Newspapers still get to report the story once it goes to court though and do it in their own sleazy way.

[GlosRFC]

It would make a good plot for a crime novel though!