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Twitter outrage guidelines
Yesterday the Mail website decided to run a story that even by its own very low standards was a shockingly insensitive and crude political attack. The Daily Mail is not afraid to use any excuse to...
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Waking-up to the real state of our tabloid press
It is a huge story. The allegations that the News of the World hacked into Milly Dowler’s phone and not only listened to the messages but also deleted some of them to free-up space for new messages...
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David Cameron admits he was badly wrong about the PCC
Im May this year David Cameron – appearing on Radio 4′s Today Programme – defended the concept of press self-regulation and in particular he made sure he directed some praise towards the PCC. He said:...
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What about the real news?
Today’s Daily Mail editorial condenses all of the basic arguments that have been trotted out by their ever-so-compliant columnists in the past week as to why we should all forget about hacking and move...
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Crime and _________?
One of the things that has always struck me about the Press Complaints Commission is that it rarely seems able to punish newspapers even when they make serious errors – or worse they are caught out...
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Brief thoughts on today’s hearing
Just a couple of brief thoughts on today’s U.K. Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee hearing. Firstly, in many ways it was exactly what was expected: politicians demonstrating that they are not...
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Rebecca Leighton innocent, who will the press smear next?
Recently 8 newspapers agreed to apologise to Chris Jefferies and pay him damages for libel after they destroyed his reputation because he happened – unluckily – to be the landlord of murder victim...
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Richard Peppiatt’s speech to the Leveson inquiry
Your must read article of the day, largely because it is someone from inside the newspaper industry confirming my own arguments about how media narratives are constructed and adhered to by all of the...
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Children of famous parents and their right to privacy
Another thing I would like to see from the Leveson Inquiry is the conclusion that plastering the faces of young children across newspapers and their websites simply because they have been born to...
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MailOnline and children, again
This week saw Daily Mail picture editor Paul Silva face the Leveson inquiry. During the questioning he was asked about the privacy of children, here is a summary from the free speech blog: Silva agreed...
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