Uncleskinny sends a link to the updated article with the new headline:
Morrissey to sue NME over story - BBC News
Excerpt:
The magazine criticised the former Smiths star for allegedly telling a reporter Britain had lost its identity due to high levels of immigration.
A deadline to print the retraction passed at 1300GMT.
His lawyers said they were now issuing legal proceedings for defamation on behalf of Morrissey against the NME and its editor Conor McNicholas.
In a statement, the singer's lawyers said: "The NME had until 1pm today to print a suitable apology to Morrissey. Their only response to this deadline was to say that they 'do not have time to respond to the allegations.'"
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Keith Harris sends the link:
Morrissey insists on NME apology - BBC News
Excerpt:
...His lawyers said they would begin legal proceedings for defamation if the NME had not issued a retraction by 1300GMT.
The deadline passed without an apology from the publication.
Earlier, the NME released a statement which read: "We can confirm that Morrissey's legal representatives have been in contact with NME and pending the outcome of these discussions we won't be commenting any further."
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Tim Jonze, the freelance journalist who interviewed Morrissey, told the BBC that he didn't approve of the singer's comments and had found them "offensive".
He said he had asked for his name to be removed from the article because it had been rewritten.
"I didn't want my name on something I hadn't written, even if some of it might have been similar to what I wrote originally," he said.
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Uncleskinny sends word from Radio5 that the lawsuit is proceeding, details in
forum post.
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Kewpie has also compiled in the forums a
NME Story Coverage Thread.
