BBC apologizes for its headline about Phil Spector's death

BBC apologized soon after publishing the soft headline, "Talented but flawed producer Phil Spector dies aged 81."

Referring to the murderer who shot actress Lana Clarkson in the mouth as merely "flawed," BBC was immediately hit with backlash, including an article in The Guardian titled "Phil Spector wasn't a 'flawed genius' – he was a murderer," and a tweet by singer Lily Allen:

Rolling eyes at all the journos deliberately downplaying Phil Spector being a murderer in their headlines, so everyone pints this out while linking to their articles resulting in lots of clicks.

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