Yorkshire Post editor James Mitchinson has accused The Sun of “heaping shame” on journalism by running a controversial front page story about the family of cricketer Ben Stokes.
Yesterday, the England vice captain castigated the paper for “low and despicable behaviour, disguised as journalism” after it splashed on the story about the shooting of his half-brother and half-sister in New Zealand more than 30 years ago
And Mitchinson, who is also currently serving as interim editor of the Yorkshire Evening Post, took to Twitter to criticise the tabloid.
“It is decisions like these by editors unlike me that heap shame upon our profession,” he wrote. “It kills the trust we work so hard to build. It gives every journalist a bad name and legitimises those who seek to discredit the Fourth Estate. I am sorry you have been treated this way, Ben.”
In a subsequent tweet he added: “Way to treat a national sporting hero, folks. Well done.”
