Written by Martin Moore. Reposted with kind permission from the Media Standards Trust. When a Mail on Sunday journalist intruded on a private memorial service for Ed Miliband’s uncle the editor of the Mail on Sunday, Geordie Grieg, apologised and suspended two journalists. It was a ‘terrible lapse of judgment’ he wrote, and said that it was ‘completely contrary to the … [Read more...]
Would independent regulation have “shackled” the press?
We wouldn't want to shackle the press. Not us. So when, over the weekend, the Free Speech Network asked: "If the press was shackled would any of this ever have happened?" - and juxtaposed the question with six famous newspaper scoops - we were compelled to find out. Read on to find out how the proposals of Media Reform match up with the examples the FSN provides. … [Read more...]