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15:54 UK time, Wednesday, 6 March 2013

A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.

Part II for Wednesday.

The dramatic fallout from Justin Bieber's late show at his O2 Arena gig continues in The Sun today, with an "exclusive" story of what really happened.

But although they couldn't resist the title "Unbeliebable", this is no laughing matter.

In fact it feels like the type of investigative reporting in some war-torn country.

There's talk of "chaos" backstage. Even worse was to be found elsewhere.

"There were scenes of parents... carrying sleeping kids away."

The horror, the horror.

But even those that escaped the carnage could not feel free from danger.

Two girls would only speak anonymously, "too scared to be named for fear of reprisals from Bieber's loyal fans, known as Beliebers".

These Beliebers sound like a ruthless bunch of teenage extremists. We learn further down that:

Jealous fans also sent death threats to Brit Courtney Barrasford, 15, after he retweeted one of her posts - just because she caught his attention.

Suddenly the O2's 11pm curfew takes on a militaristic tone.

"I hope I never have to experience so many upset children," says one worker, understood to be under treatment for PTSD.

Meanwhile "hundreds of fans" were desperately getting rid of tickets for future shows, "fearing" a repeat.

Unsurprisingly the end of the article begins to question the state of mind of Bieber, the dear leader who seems to have turned on his own people and caused all this distress.

But it definitely doesn't help that he's been seen out and about wearing a gas mask.

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