by Jon Danzig The Press Complaints Commission has ruled that the Daily Mail breached The Editors’ Code on accuracy with its story about buses and planes from Romania and Bulgaria to the UK being full-up and sold-out. On New Year’s Eve last year, the Daily Mail published its story headlined, ‘Sold out! Flights and buses full as Romanians and … [Read more...]
First they came for whistleblowers, then they came for journalists
By Justin Schlosberg This article originally appeared at the Huffington Post and is reposted here with their kind permission. The sentencing of Chelsea Manning to 35 years imprisonment for leaking comes off the back of a series of legal and extra-legal attacks against those who speak truth to power. In his reflections on the latest scandal to involve the NSA whistleblower … [Read more...]
A tale of two British summers: phone hacking and a royal baby
This post by Des Freedman was originally published at Open Democracy, and is reprinted with their kind permission. The royal birth is set to be the face of the 2013 summer, but to what extent does this reveal how little the media has changed since the phone hacking scandal in 2011? What happened to media reform? Prepare for an avalanche of wild speculation, idle gossip, … [Read more...]
Two faces of Rupert Murdoch – here’s our comment
Remember our post on the two faces of Rupert Murdoch, presented without comment, in which we compared the mogul's letter to News Corporation in July 2011 to comments caught on tape during a meeting with the Sun staff in February this year? With the tapes resulting in Murdoch yet again being summoned to appear before the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee and investigated … [Read more...]
Two faces of Rupert Murdoch, presented without comment
Then: "I was shocked and appalled by recent allegations concerning the News of the World and I am deeply sorry for the hurt that was caused. "...I have never tolerated the kind of behaviour that has been described over these past few weeks. It has no place at News Corporation. "These serious allegations made about some of our former employees at the News of the World … [Read more...]
Transsexual life and death in the press
"Trans coverage is a microcosm of press behaviour." Here's Helen Belcher of Trans Media Watch, talking about transsexual life and death in the press. … [Read more...]
If you want to be a big player in government, you have to flirt with Rupert’s henchmen and women
“If there is one lesson about British politics we learned from the Leveson Inquiry, it is that if you want to be a big player in government, you have to flirt with Rupert’s henchmen and women.” Here's our own Justin Schlosberg, author of Power Beyond Scrutiny: Media, Justice and Accountability, from the Rally for Media Reform. … [Read more...]