24 MARCH 2001, Page 28

NoW we didn't!

From Mr Stuart Kattner Sir: So far as we are aware, your correspondent Stephen Glover does not appear to have taken the elementary step of checking with the News of the World before contributing his slipshod report about the Saatchi Gallery (Media studies, 17 March). This is disappointing, though unsurprising. Why risk spoiling a good story?

For your readers who care about the facts they are, inter alia: 1. News of the World reporters did not masquerade or represent themselves as being from the Daily Telegraph, as the article implied. It is not a punishment we would inflict on any of our staff.

2. The tip-off to the police about the photos did not come from the News of the World, as we have made clear from the outset and as Scotland Yard confirms.

Stuart Kuttner

Managing Editor, News of the World, London El