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
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
25 July 2008 – In his ruling against the News of the World in the privacy case brought by Max Mosley, President of Formula One’s governing body the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, Mr Justice Eady has done the public some … Continue reading
19 March 2008 – Abject apologies to Kate and Gerry McCann on the front pages of the Daily Express and the Daily Star are unlikely to be the last words on the subject. The apologies, which appear to exonerate the … Continue reading
19 April 2007 – What a pity the Daily Mirror (18 April 07) made the same mistake as other papers at the time of the Dunblane tragedy – running a front page in which a huge image of the deranged … Continue reading
11 April 2007 – The servicemen who told rather than sold the story of their incarceration in Iran have more integrity than Defence Minister Des Browne, now desperately trying to hold back the floodgates against Fleet Street cant. If Vice-Admiral … Continue reading
7 March 2007 – The MediaWise Trust has called for a major rethink and public debate about the way print and electronic media are regulated, to take into account multi-platform publication and concentrated cross media ownership. Giving evidence to the … Continue reading