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Ok, Phil. You can stop hiding now.

In all seriousness, no, I wouldn't expect a journalist to write a story based on what they found on Google... but if they did find inflammatory claims about the subject, I would expect them to ask around and try to find out whether or not they are true.

You don't know that. None of us do. The fact that he's put out a statement in the first place says a lot, I think. Surely if it really were all sunshine and lollipops on planet Schofield, he wouldn't have responded to any such tabloid stories?

If I was having lies published about me, I would feel compelled to correct the record publicly.

But the standard with tittle tattle that was published doesn't usually follow with an OTT statement to a newspaper. You'd expect them to laugh it away when next on screen together