MORRISSEY SUES OVER ‘DEFAMATORY’ NME COMMENTS
LATEST: MORRISSEY is taking legal action against a British music magazine after they accused him of using "naive and inflammatory" language on the topic of immigration in Britain.
The former Smiths frontman will begin legal proceedings against NME magazine and its editor Conor McNicholas on Friday (30Nov), claiming his words have been taken out of context.
A spokesman for the singer says, "We are suing them (the NME) for defamation.
They have not only misquoted Morrissey, they have omitted critical parts of the interview and distorted the tone of the piece, his responses and the questions he was asked in order to try and present an inflammatory case." Morrissey, 48, is alleged to have said in the interview: "Other countries have held on to their basic identity, yet it seems to me that England has thrown it away.
"Britain’s a terribly negative place… with the issue of immigration, it’s very difficult because, although I don’t have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the identity disappears." This isn’t the first time NME magazine has fallen foul of Morrissey - the publication previously angered the singer’s camp in 1992 when they printed a picture of the star draped in a Union Jack flag along with the title: ‘Flying The Flag Or Flirting With Disaster?’
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