Yesterday we wrote about why the detention of David Miranda under anti-terror legislation was so different from the arrest of British journalists on suspicion of unlawfully obtaining information. We were writing in response to various figures who accused the critics of press abuse of hypocrisy and double standards. One of them was Brendan O’Neill, who, who made a crack about … [Read more...]
Let‘s move on from brutish journalism, and rebuild trust
by Mike Jempson If the press think they have been dealt a bad hand by the Royal Charter, they have only their own to blame. Those who broke the law, or trampled on the rights of others with little regard for the consequences, have ruined it for everyone else. Editors and proprietors who rushed to the defence of the Press Complaints Commission whenever it was criticised … [Read more...]