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
Category Archives: Regulation
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
PCC reform: welcome, if overdue – but who will foot the bill?
6 August 2009 – The ‘silly season’ story no-one expected is news that the Press Complaints Commission intends to investigate itself. For the first time in 18 years an allegedly ‘independent review’ is to be led by Commissioner Vivien Hepworth … Continue reading
Welcome back investigative journalism – now toughen up sanctions on wrong-doers
10 July 2009 – 2009 may be the year that investigative journalism makes a comeback – as editors realise that the public has a real appetite for the juicy revelations provided by the Daily Telegraph on MPs’ expenses and The … Continue reading
Chaos at St Custards or Wakey! Wakey! BBC
20 July 2007 – All mass media products are constructions, ‘as any fule kno’ – in the words of Nigel Molesworth, the legendary public-schoolboy created by a BBC writer Geoffrey Willans just a few years before the current Director General … Continue reading
Privacy and the press: No change – yet?
11 July 2007 – In time-honoured tradition the Parliamentary Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee has held back from demanding radical change at the Press Complaints Commission (PCC). In its latest report on Self-Regulation of the Press, published today, the … Continue reading