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Post Office scandal: Oldest victim says she's 'treated like dung'

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Summary
Nutrition label

73% Informative

Betty Brown and her husband spent more than 50,000 of their savings to cover the unexpected losses.

She was hounded out of her job and forced to sell her post office in 2003 .

Mrs Brown was one of the Post Office’s golden girls before the era of Horizon .

She rejected her offer and said she would take her case to an independent panel.

VR Score

77

Informative language

76

Neutral language

25

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

34

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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