Edinburgh man charged with spying for China says he was a 'convenient fall guy'
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The Scotsman introduces Chris Berry only as Mr Cash's friend in China and never says that Berry was charged in the same case and that the case against both men was dropped. A reader can come away believing Mr Cash alone was charged, while Berry's voice notes are quoted as if from an outside party.
How we know
- Daily Mail reported“the case against him and his co-accused friend, Chris Berry, was dropped last year”'China spy' Scot: I was a fall guy for UK security services (opens in a new tab)
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Read the original article on scotsman.com (opens in a new tab)What we found (1)
The Scotsman reports Chris Cash's BBC interview about the dropped China spying case, attributing his account to him and setting his admission of being unprofessional beside his denial of harming national security. It never says that his friend Chris Berry was charged alongside him, a minor gap that the other coverage fills. Nothing else in it misleads.
Leaves out what changes the picture
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What is missing
The Scotsman introduces Chris Berry only as Mr Cash's friend in China and never says that Berry was charged in the same case and that the case against both men was dropped. A reader can come away believing Mr Cash alone was charged, while Berry's voice notes are quoted as if from an outside party.
How we know
- Daily Mail reported“the case against him and his co-accused friend, Chris Berry, was dropped last year”'China spy' Scot: I was a fall guy for UK security services (opens in a new tab)
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