At a time when we need trusted information and analysis more than ever, Covid-19 threatens the very fabric of our news environment. With an announcement today by JPIMedia that it is suspending 12 of its local print titles because of a collapse in advertising and huge problems with home delivery, and the recent decision by Newsquest to put a 'significant number' of … [Read more...]
Report finds Leveson coverage heavy on invective, light on facts
On some days, reading press coverage of the Leveson Report and its convoluted aftermath feels like having Fleet Street line up behind one megaphone and shout in your face through it. Now a report from the Media Standards Trust indicates that this hyperbole isn't far off the mark - and reveals a near-unanimous front of negative opinion in the run-up to the report's … [Read more...]