20 April 2012 – The 2012 Benn Debate was a panel discussion on rebuilding trust in journalism after the phone hacking scandal. ‘Hacked to Bits’ was organised by the Bristol branch of the NUJ and Bristol Festival of Ideas, in … Continue reading
Category Archives: PCC
Blame not the mobile, ’twas ever thus
7 February 2012 – The Phone Hacking Scandal: Journalism At The Crossroads, edited by Richard Keeble and John Mair, is a collection of essays from academics, journalists and media activists on the hacking controversy and the current state of journalism … Continue reading
Online open season on UK media regulation
9 August 2011 – A government-appointed inquiry team under the Lord Justice Leveson is to spend at least one year looking into UK press ethics and regulation following scandalous revelations about illicit phone hacking by journalists at the News of … Continue reading
About bl**dy time
8 July 2011 – Crocodile tears from the Murdoch camp, from Downing Street and from the Leader of the Opposition will assuage none of the public’s concerns about the state of UK journalism and the unhealthy relationship between the press, … Continue reading
Rotten to the core
25 January 2011 – Rupert Murdoch flies in to rap knuckles at the News of the World (NoW). A bit late in the day and in contrast to past denials about the extent of wrongdoing over the phone-hacking, but we … Continue reading
Could bloggers kill the PCC?
19 October 2010 – The PCC has reluctantly agreed to reopen its file on the News of the World phone-tapping scandal, but never did fully investigate past evidence from the Information Commissioner’s Office that many other papers have obtained personal … Continue reading
PCC Governance Review: Missed opportunities?
7 July 2010 – At long last the internal review of how the Press Complaints Commission works has been published. Unsurprisingly, it endorses the current system of press self-regulation that has grown up over the last 20 years. However it … Continue reading