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No charge over spreading of Southport misinformation

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Summary
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67% Informative

Bernadette Spofforth was arrested on 8 August after reposting fake name for Southport attacker.

The 55-year-old later deleted the post and apologised after realising it was incorrect.

She said: "The nightmare my family and I have lived through over the past month could happen to anyone".

VR Score

48

Informative language

34

Neutral language

53

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

53

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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