Further to my earlier post, you might have noticed the comments are piling up on our Oriel School story - many of them not too positive about us.
Leaving arguments about who said what, etc.. to one side, all I will say is that any suggestion we started a "riot" at the school (as one correspondent implies) is totally ludicrious.
Contrary to popular belief, newspapers aren't in the business of making up stories or, even worse, encouraging people to manufacture a story by breaking the law.
The ironic thing is, newspapers are often accused of "sensationalism" yet some of the comments we receive (and others posted on certain holier-than-thou residents forums) are 10 times more "sensationalist" than anything we ever publish.
I go back to my original point - this is one of the most widely-read stories we have ever published.
Just shows you that the most criticised stories are also often the most popular. The critics just shout a bit louder.
