Editing Giles Coren (section)

===Tweets after the death of Dawn Foster===

In July 2021, following the death of the journalist [[Dawn Foster]], Coren tweeted the following:

{{cquote|"When someone dies who has trolled you on Twitter, saying vile and hurtful things about you and your family, is it okay to be like, 'I am sorry for the people who loved you, and any human death diminishes me, but, HA HA HA HA HA HA'?"<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Giles Coren |user=gilescoren |number=1417458339894730770 |title=When someone dies who has trolled you on Twitter, saying vile and hurtful things about you and your family, is it okay to be like, "I'm sorry for the people who loved you, and any human death diminishes me, but, HA HA HA HA HA HA"? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720134712if_/https://twitter.com/gilescoren/status/1417458339894730770 |archive-date=July 20, 2021}}</ref>}}

An earlier version of this tweet included the words, "you can fuck off on to hell now where you belong" in place of, "HA HA HA HA HA HA".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/bbc-presenter-giles-coren-deletes-24583750 |title=BBC presenter Giles Coren deletes two 'sick' tweets mocking death after huge backlash |last=Hill |first=Rose |date=July 21, 2021 |work=Daily Mirror |access-date=July 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721175053/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/bbc-presenter-giles-coren-deletes-24583750 |archive-date=21 July 2021 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

Both tweets were quickly deleted but were screen-grabbed and widely shared online.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/food-drink/article/family-ties-are-strangling-too-many-talented-youngsters-in-britain-pkfgqdc8z |title=Family ties are strangling too many talented youngsters in Britain|last=Syed|first=Matthew|date=July 25, 2021 |work=The Times|access-date=July 25, 2021}}</ref> There was speculation that Coren was upset because of a tweet Foster had written about him that read, "Giles Coren a prime example of how the “if I’ve heard of yer da, I don’t need to hear from you” rule holds for almost every man bar Jesus."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dawn Foster: a voice from the sharp end |url=https://www.redpepper.org.uk/dawn-foster-a-voice-from-the-sharp-end-journalist-tribute-friend/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-24 |title=Giles Coren's home hit with graffiti and dog poo protest in row over 'sick' tweets - Mirror Online |website=[[Daily Mirror]] |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/giles-corens-home-hit-graffiti-24594294 |access-date=2023-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724114050/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/giles-corens-home-hit-graffiti-24594294 |archive-date=24 July 2021 }}</ref> Coren's comments stirred considerable controversy, with several figures in the media criticising him, and some calling for him to lose his jobs with ''The Times'' and [[Times Radio]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/19457975.giles-coren-slammed-sickening-comment-death-journalist-dawn-foster/ |title=Giles Coren slammed for 'sickening' comment after death of journalist Dawn Foster |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=July 21, 2021 |publisher=The National |access-date=July 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721133136/https://www.thenational.scot/news/19457975.giles-coren-slammed-sickening-comment-death-journalist-dawn-foster/ |archive-date=July 21, 2021}}</ref> The press regulator [[Independent Press Standards Organisation| IPSO]] received several complaints but took no action<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/19462738.complaints-ipso-giles-coren-accused-mocking-dawn-fosters-death/ |title=Complaints to IPSO after Giles Coren accused of mocking Dawn Foster's death |last=Nutt |first=Kathleen|date=July 22, 2021 |publisher=The National |access-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722201953/https://www.thenational.scot/news/19462738.complaints-ipso-giles-coren-accused-mocking-dawn-fosters-death/ |archive-date=July 22, 2021}}</ref> and Coren's home in North London was daubed in graffiti paying tribute to Foster. It read: "Dawn Foster Forever".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/graffiti-giles-coren-death-dawn-foster-tweets-b947105.html |title=Giles Coren's home graffitied after he 'mocked journalist's death' |date=July 23, 2021 |publisher=The Evening Standard |access-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722141427/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/graffiti-giles-coren-death-dawn-foster-tweets-b947105.html |archive-date=22 July 2021}}</ref> Dog excrement was reportedly left at his property.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/giles-coren-journalist-dawn-foster-tweet-b1888721.html |title=Giles Coren's home is daubed with 'Dawn Foster Forever' after he was accused of mocking her death in tweets |last=Middleton|first=joe |date=July 23, 2021 |work=The Independent |access-date=July 24, 2021}}</ref>