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"George Clooney: 1. Daily Mail: 0. \nClooney wrote an angry op-ed, which was published Wednesday on USA Today, calling out the \"irresponsibility\" of a Daily Mail story that he said was \"completely fabricated.\"\nSee also: Celebrities Still Don't Care About Your Mean Tweets\nThe Mail story, which appeared on Monday, reported that Clooney's fianc\u00E9e's mother opposed their marriage due to religious reasons and wanted her daughter to \"marry within their strict Lebanese religious sect.\"\nIn his op-ed, Clooney writes that he \"seldom responds to tabloids,\" but clearly he felt strongly enough this time. \n\nThe Daily Mail has printed a completely fabricated story about my fianc\u00E9e's mother opposing our marriage for religious reasons. It says Amal's mother has been telling \"half of Beirut\" that she's against the wedding. It says they joke about traditions in the Druze religion that end up with the death of the bride.\nLet me repeat that: the death of the bride.\nBut this lie involves larger issues. The irresponsibility, in this day and age, to exploit religious differences where none exist, is at the very least negligent and more appropriately dangerous. We have family members all over the world, and the idea that someone would inflame any part of that world for the sole reason of selling papers should be criminal.\n\nClooney continues, writing that he is the \"son of a newsman\" (broadcast journalist Nick Clooney) and accepts that \"freedom of speech can be an inconvenience to my private life.\" But this particular story crossed \"beyond just a laughable tabloid and into the arena of inciting violence.\" \nThe Daily Mail has denied fabricating the story, but following the publication of Clooney's op-ed, the Mail removed the original story from its website. \n\u201CThe story was not a fabrication but supplied in good faith by a reputable and trusted freelance journalist \u2026 However, we accept Mr. Clooney\u2019s assurance that the story is inaccurate and we apologize to him, Miss Amal Alamuddin and her mother, Baria, for any distress caused,\" a Mail Online spokesman wrote in an email to Time. \nThis isn't the first time Daily Mail has come under fire from celebrities claiming falsified stories. Author J.K. Rowling and singer Elton John have both won libel suits against the publication.  \nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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