Kavanagh fears witch-hunt as Leveson Inquiry begins

Respected Sun journalist defendsthe tabloids as editors turn outat the start of the investigation

Trevor Kavanagh

THE TABLOID press has had few defenders since the phone-hacking scandal broke, but one respected Fleet Street heavyweight, fighting from the red-top corner, has come out swinging at the start of the Leveson Inquiry, warning the panel not to turn their investigation into a witch-hunt.

Trevor Kavanagh, associate editor of the Sun, who spent 23 years as the paper's political editor, mounted an impassioned defence of his employers at the inquiry's opening seminar, which was attended by the great and the good from across the journalistic spectrum. But not everyone saw things his way.

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