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Roger Daltrey blasts press, politicians for Pete Townshend's ordeal.
Byline: John Crook
Roger Daltrey, lead singer for The Who, says he is deeply saddened by the humiliating ordeal bandmate Pete Townshend underwent earlier this year, but he is even more "appalled" by the callous and superficial way British reporters covered the story.
Townshend was cleared last May of charges stemming from his January arrest on suspicion of possessing child pornography he allegedly had downloaded from the Internet. Nevertheless, the 58-year-old lead guitarist of The Who will have his name listed in a register of sex offenders for the next five years for using a credit card to access a child pornography Web site in 1999.
Daltrey, 59, is livid at the way he says some public officials released unfounded accusations as if they were fact, and a sensation-hungry press corps ...
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