the "daily sketch", a tabloid paper then owned by associated newspapers (who were the "associated" in associated-rediffusion, although they had sold their stake in the company by this time), led the chorus of revulsion to the documentary. the "daily mirror" responded with a defence of british teenagers; a considerable war of words then developed between the two papers, with the "mirror"'s well-remembered tv commercials ("the "daily mirror" backs the young!") representing its position on the matter.