This post was originally written by Joe Sandler Clarke at the Huffington Post, and is reprinted with their kind permission. Two more Sun journalists were charged by police last month. Jamie Pyatt, a reporter, and John Edwards, the tabloid's pictures editor, were charged with allegedly making payments in excess of £30,000 to public officials. They face trial on July … [Read more...]
No, Andrew Gilligan, we do not want content regulation
Have you heard? The Media Reform Coalition is part of a plot by the European Union to take control of the British press. At least that’s what seems to be implied in an article by Andrew Gilligan in this week’s Sunday Telegraph. Normally, we turn the other cheek to these kinds of attacks. But in between the shocking revelations that media academics sometimes talk to each … [Read more...]
Letter to the Sunday Telegraph in response to an attack
On March 31 Andrew Gilligan devoted two pages in The Sunday Telegraph to attacking the campaign to reform the press. His thesis is that the campaign is being orchestrated by the authoritarian left. Since the letter we sent in reply was not published, we have chosen to post it below so that others can read it. Letter to the Editor: Sunday Telegraph SIR – Contrary to … [Read more...]
Conference: Media policy post-Leveson
On Friday 8 February at Bournemouth University will host a one day conference entitled: 'Media policy post-Leveson: opportunities for reshaping media ownership and control at the national, regional and community level'. … [Read more...]