The publication of the court’s judgment makes it clear that all of the details which gave the original story its racist and xenophobic power were false. Muslim children whose potential Muslim foster parents look at this mess and resolve to have nothing to do with the business will certainly suffer. The only defence of the original report is that the full facts were not available to the reporter. Although the media already have access to the family courts, our freedom to report from them is closely circumscribed. What destroyed the credibility of the original report was not suppression, but the publication of more evidence.

Source: The Guardian August 31, 2017 19:07 UTC