''The 3AM Girls'' was the collective title of the

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ists for the ''

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'', a British

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Background

The group rose to prominence during

Piers Morgan Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (; né O'Meara; born 30 March 1965) is a British broadcaster, journalist, writer, and television personality. He began his Fleet Street career in 1988 at ''The Sun (United Kingdom), The Sun''. In 1994, aged 29, he was ...

's time as editor of the paper and was created by Morgan with Richard Wallace in response to the "ladette" culture of the 1990s. The column is now called 3am and is edited by

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with Ashleigh Rainbird. In 2009, an online version of the column appeared, edited by

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's sister Isabel. Their tabloid counterparts are The Goss Girls for the ''Daily Star'' and

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who edits '' The Suns ''Bizarre'' column.

Rivalry with Chris Moyles

In September 2004,

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highlighted the made-up news stories and quotes on his then-afternoon music and chat show. The following day Moyles's

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number was printed in the paper as a retaliation. Moyles called for the 3AM girls to resign, and several thousand of Moyles's listeners rang in to the ''

'' to complain. The ''Mirror'' asked Moyles to call off his listeners, which he did, claiming he had won the battle by doing this.

Fictitious quotations

In 2007 '' Private Eye'' reported former 3AM girl Jessica Callan as saying that quotes for interviewees were made up by journalists: "The conversations celebrities had with us often bore no relation to the words which were printed in the column. On the odd occasion I didn't even know the quotes had been rewritten until I read the paper the following day... There was re-jigging and there was making up entire chats. Amazingly, we were never sued for having imaginary conversations".

References

External links

Official Website
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