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Oct 2024
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Liam Payne and the dark side of fame

The Telegraph
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With the American showbiz website TMZ deciding to post a picture of his body - does that decision say everything about the toxic environment social media has created?


In extraordinarily tragic news, the former One Direction star Liam Payne died last night aged just 31, after falling from a third floor balcony in a Buenos Aires hotel.


But it's the reporting of Liam Payne's death that has shocked us most, with American entertainment site TMZ seeing fit to post a partial picture of his body alongside their article breaking the news. Camilla and Kamal ask what that decision tells about society, our need to rubberneck, and whether social media simply feeds our voyeuristic appetites? 


Elsewhere, the veteran Conservative MP Sir Christopher Chope has claimed he is supporting Robert Jenrick in the Tory leadership contest as Kemi Badenoch is "too preoccupied with her children". Funnily enough, Camilla was not impressed...


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Producers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia Coan

Senior Producer: John Cadigan

Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey

Studio Operator: Meghan Searle

Video Editor: Luke Goodsall

Social Media Producer: Niamh Walsh

Editor: Camilla Tominey

Additional production by James Shield

Original music by Goss Studio


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