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Essentially, theres a law against that. I can't quite remember what it's called - and I should because I learnt it only a couple of months ago - but essentially it's protecting people from prejudice, because planting a giant doctored image on your front/back page with a big headline about it and a tiny explanatory comment below can be massively damaging to someone's reputation if the person who sees it doesn't read the paper and instead just catches a glance. And it's a good law; my dad knows hardly anything about football, but he does pick up bits and pieces. He'd be exactly the kind of person to notice the headline and picture but not be bothered to look at the context. And that's why this kind of behaviour shouldn't be - and generally isn't - allowed. Wouldn't be surprised if DM get investigated for this.
Libel? Although it's not really libel, because Suarez did actually bite someone. The Mail have just exaggerated it. I'm sure they could still get in trouble for that. Of course, libel might not be the law you're thinking of. Just thought I'd try to jog your brain!