Robert Maxwell acquires the U.K.’s Daily Mirror and five other British newspapers. 

One of his new writers, Joe Haines, says he can prove the new owner is a crook and a liar. Since Maxwell promises not to interfere in reporting, Haines probably thinks he can get away with publishing his story.

Instead, Maxwell turns Haines to the “dark side.” Haines becomes a loyal supporter of Maxwell and even writes his authorized biography.

Sources

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/14/world/briton-buys-the-mirror-chain.html

http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/22nd-february-1992/15/say-it-aint-so-joe

Press Gang by Roy Greenslade, p.395

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