'Anthony Haylock — who is married to Speed's sister Lesley — used the website itself to hit back just hours after the inquest into the Wales manager's death.
'He said: "So, Gary Speed wasn't gay, wasn't having an affair, and wasn't facing tabloid exposure. Nice work, Twitter."
'The angry brother-in-law signed off with a swipe at sickos who fuelled the unfounded gossip — declaring in internet-speak: "#RumourFail."
The Sun.
Not quite, no.
Here's his Twitterfeed.
Can you get anything right?
The Sun's story ends with a bit of editorialising
See if you can spot any subtext - or perhaps rank hypocrisy - here;
'His death in November rocked soccer. Ghouls who spread the twisted rumours about him knew millions were reading their lies. In contrast Speed's family heaped praise on the mainstream media for its "sympathetic" handling of the tragedy.
'In an editorial, The Times told how the internet had been "lit up with unsubstantiated rumours" — and warned of a society where "misinformation triumphs over truth".
'Tory MP Philip Davies also hit out at papers being cowed by Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry into press standards. He warned it was "leaving a large field clear to the unregulated internet and social media so people can peddle lots of things that are not true".
Update: The Daily Mail has now added a caveat to their story; "Original tweet by TV presenter Piers Morgan"
ie What they and The Sun said wasn't true.
You couldn't make it up.
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Be interesting to hear what they say at the end of the inquest.
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