Be quick, be concise: Wetherspoon's PR on dealing with fake 'poppy boycott' news

Put out a statement quickly, and make it to the point - that's the advice on quashing fake news from JD Wetherspoon's PR man Eddie Gershon after a spoof Twitter account said the pub chain wouldn't support this year's poppy appeal.

by John Harrington

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