11 November 2002 – Hell hath no fury like a tabloid scorned. For those of us who warn constantly about the dangers of chequebook journalism for those who sell their stories, there can have been no more glaring example than … Continue reading
30 July 2002 – The Press Complaints Commission has just published its Annual Review 2001 – and a very glossy and expensive-looking document it is too. On its black front cover are four coloured boxes enshrining the PCC’s main aims: … Continue reading
12 March 2002 – The notable assemblage of editors who gathered in Fleet Street’s St Bride’s Church on Monday to hear Prince Charles deliver a sermon on their complaining ways, must have had trouble in remaining in their pews. This … Continue reading
21 February 2002 – Extracts from a speech by Professor Robert Pinker, Acting Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, at a Regional Seminar of the Commonwealth Press Union in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 21 February 2002. An academic and a … Continue reading
17 January 2002 – The latest adjudications to emerge from the Press Complaints Commission deserve careful scrutiny. Both concerned female television personalities who complained about press intrusion into their private lives, with the publication of salacious details. One was upheld, … Continue reading
7 November 2001 – There will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth in tabloid newsrooms this week, following the granting by Mr Justice Jack of an injunction which prevents an unnamed newspaper from publishing a “kiss and tell” story … Continue reading
9 April 2001 – President George W. Bush notwithstanding, we live in an environmentally-conscious world; so how is it that the News of the World can justify the destruction of so many trees, not to mention the expenditure of energy, … Continue reading