That article, Dewsbury 'in shock over UK's youngest suicide bomber', has overdone several changes since it was first published this morning.
Newsniffer (thankfully working again) has recorded twelve updates so far. The one that struck me was the editing on a quote from former Labour MP for Dewsbury, and friend of the suicide bomber's family, Shahid Malik.
This is Version 4:
And this is Version 5:
The section that was edited out is the bit where Mr Malik says, "Children need to be taught what is acceptable and not acceptable in respect to Islamic State's ideology".
It's a striking thought that children should be taught "what is acceptable...in respect to Islamic State's ideology" as well as what is "not acceptable", isn't it?
Maybe it's because it was such a striking a thought that a BBC editor chose to remove it.
Maybe it's because it was such a striking a thought that a BBC editor chose to remove it.
