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26 October 2016

#AskTonyGallagher: What happened when The Sun’s editor took questions on Twitter?

“Do you do dental checks on Page 3 girls to ensure they are definitely adults?”

By Media Mole

There’s not a huge amount your mole would praise about the editor of The Sun at this current time, but it has to admit he has some guts.

The tabloid’s top dog, Tony Gallagher, editor-in-chief, volunteered to take questions from Twitter users, in an impromptu session hashtagged #askTonyGallagher.

Yes, the week following his paper’s disgusting coverage of Calais’s migrant children – “My, Haven’t You Grown!” it smirked – Gallagher logged merrily onto Twitter to hear some feedback.

The results were predictable. Here are some of the highlights:

And your mole’s personal favourite:

At least he replied to that one.

Read more here: #asktonygallagher.

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