Occupy London lodges formal complaint with the government against media..

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/28/occupy-london-complaint-pcc-tents-empty

Occupy London activists have lodged a complaint with the Press Complaints Commission about national newspaper claims that their encampment was unoccupied overnight.

The story, originally broken in the Telegraph on Tuesday, purported to prove using high-tech thermal imaging equipment that 90% of tents at the site were left empty overnight.

A video shot by the Telegraph and posted on their website showed row upon row of dark coloured tents outside St Paul's, while those walking around the encampment appeared on camera brightly illuminated.

The story – which was followed up on the front page of the Times under the headline, "St Paul's 11:12, just one protest tent is occupied" and also in the Daily Express and on the Daily Mail's website – was cited in condemnation of protesters in parliament. It drew calls from City of London councillors that the campsite was a "phantom protest".

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1. The aerial footage was also shown live on both Sky and BBC News.

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