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{{otheruses|Private eye}}
{{Infobox Newspaper |
name = Private Eye |
image = [[Image:Private Eye Cover.jpg|thumbnail|centre|200px|[[4 March]] [[2005]] cover of ''Private Eye''. This is a typical example of the magazine's front cover.  The caption refers to the wedding of [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles]] and [[Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall|Camilla Parker-Bowles]].]] |
type = Fortnightly [[satire|satirical]] <BR> [[magazine]]-newspaper |
format = [[Magazine]] |
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url = http://www.private-eye.co.uk/covers.php?showme=256 | title=Private Eye Issue 256 | accessdate=2007-06-15}}</ref> [[Idi Amin]] also was characterised speaking in [[Pidgin]] English. In the 1960s and 1970s the magazine mocked the [[LGBT|gay rights]] movement as "Poove Power". In recent years, some have accused the "Dumb Britain" section of cultural [[snobbery]], and of sneering at the [[working class]].

===Public offence===
The magazine's irreverence and occasional
 tastelessnessly distasteful humour offend some while delighting others. Upon the death of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], it printed a cover headed "MEDIA TO BLAME". Under this headline was a picture of many hundreds of people outside the gates of Buckingham Palace with one person commenting that the papers were terrible, another agreeing, saying that it was impossible to get one anywhere, and another saying, "Borrow mine. It's got a picture of the car.".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.private-eye.co.uk/covers.(contracted; show full)[[Category:Criticism of journalism]]
[[Category:Publications established in 1961]]
[[Category:Biweekly magazines]]
[[Category:Satirical magazines|Private Eye]]

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[[ru:Прайвэт Ай]]