British showbiz writers searched for tittle-tattle on Robbie Williams' love life and speculated endlessly about the demise of the hit girl band the Spice Girls (news - web sites).

英国的娱乐作家在找寻有关罗宾·威廉斯的爱情生活的无聊传闻，而且无休止推测热门女子乐队辣妹何时解散。

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There is a fundamental difference between using a private investigator at any given time to turn around a story on tittle-tattle, or to fish for stories and monitor people's lives, and to make a careful, considered decision to carry out a breach of the law in order to expose wrongdoing.

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But she said some of the coverage of the reshuffle was "distorted" and focused on "tittle-tattle".

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And she said the focus on the "tittle-tattle" would also put women off the idea of entering Parliament.

BBC: Cheryl Gillan: Reshuffle coverage 'reprehensible'