Luckily for them nobody at the Daily Star actually had to put their name to today's exclusive 'Kate's a real turn-on' story, which informs us that reality TV try-hard Kate Walsh, presenter of the rather overpromising OK! TV on Channel Five (owned by Daily Star proprietor Richard Desmond), 1) Owns a "striking bikini", 2) Is looking forward to meeting some guests on next week's show, 3) Isn't afraid to be shown in said bikini, framed by a few token sentences to the effect that this is somehow newsworthy, if it helps Richard Desmond cross-promote his lowest common denominator media brands.
Even though such staff 'Reporter' bylines are a convention adopted to cover a multitude of sins - from fictitious stories to lazy rewrites of other people's copy and shameless self-promotion - you can't help thinking some poor sub editor probably had to go back and shower a second time this morning when they saw the article online:
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