Lord Justice Leveson has handed down a ruling on core participants for module four of the inquiry – looking at recommendations for press reform. In the written ruling published yesterday, the judge said he was particularly pleased to see Bob Dowler – father of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler – and Madeleine McCann’s father Gerry. Earlier… Read more »
The education secretary has spoken out against regulating the press at the Leveson Inquiry. Michael Gove MP said today free speech means “some people are going to get offended”. He has previously claimed the inquiry is having a chilling effect on the press, since it was announced last summer. Gove said he believes the law… Read more »
by Brian Cathcart (Picture: Howard Lake) So now we know the character of the relationship between the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and News International, and it could hardly look much worse if he had been caught accepting brown envelopes full of used tenners. Jeremy Hunt (or, just conceivably, those acting directly… Read more »
by Brian Cathcart and Evan Harris Like all raw data, the Motorman Blue Book, published in a partially redacted form by Paul Staines on his Guido Fawkes blog, requires some introduction and explanation. If you consult it you might find the following guidance helpful. The Blue Book is one of four in the Motorman set… Read more »
by Brian Cathcart The New Yorker’s recent long profile of the Daily Mail contained a passing reference to something that may be worthy of a little more attention than it has received. Noting that the editor of the Mail on Sunday, Peter Wright, had stepped down, writer Lauren Collins observed: “His replacement, Geordie Greig, is… Read more »
The former chair of the Press Complaints Comission has answered questions on her handling of the phone hacking scandal. Under Baroness Peta Buscombe the commission produced a report in 2009 into allegations made against the News of the World, over which she later resigned. She said: “This is a report which with hindsight, and so… Read more »
