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10 Favours the Government has done its Press Friends – At Our Expense
This article was first published by Byline Times, and is reposted here with permission and thanks. By Brian Cathcart We all see the favours the corporate newspapers do for the Conservatives because…
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Guestpost: “Meaningless” sanction for MailOnline’s false claim of “no go” towns for white people
by Esme Constanti An article in the Mail Online, which falsely claimed that parts of the UK were “no go areas for white people”, carried inflammatory and discriminatory undertones. While IPSO, the…
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Guest post from Alana Stott: Mental health and the media
by Alana Stott In 2018 my husband, Dean Stott, cycled 14,000 miles from Argentina to Alaska and together we raised almost £1 million for a mental health campaign set up by Prince…
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“Discrimination is part of normal life for us”: The impact of prejudiced press coverage on Gypsies and Travellers
On 26th January, Leeds Gypsy & Traveller Exchange (GATE) published “Media That Moves“, a report on creating anti-racist representation of Gypsies and Travellers in the UK media. GATE Hate Crime Advocate, Cindy…
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I believe newspaper coverage exposed the identity of my granddaughter, a victim of a sexual crime
By Sally* Two years ago, I discovered that my granddaughter had been the victim of a sexual crime. Nothing can prepare you for that kind of information. But after my family’s… -
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IPSO rejects calls for a standards investigation: analysis
By Brian Cathcart Lord Faulks, the former Conservative minister who chairs IPSO, has rejected calls from people libelled by the Jewish Chronicle and from others who have seen complaints against the paper…
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The case for an IPSO Standards Investigation into the Jewish Chronicle
By Brian J Cathcart The test for the board is whether a suspected failure of standards is serious and systematic. There can be no doubt in this case that it is both.…
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Lessons from the hacking scandal
By Jonathan Coulter. First published at Campain.org. Republished here, with permission and thanks. On 29th November, the Hacked Off Campaign held an event “Ten Years on from the Scandal that Rocked Britain”,… -
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“It remains… that senior people in the power elite in this country are frightened of Rupert Murdoch”: Leveson Lecture 2021
"It remains... that senior people in the power elite in this country are frightened of Rupert Murdoch" Speaking at Hacked Off's 8th Annual Leveson Lecture event: "No evidence" IPSO has raised standards… -
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Sienna Miller and the press’ obsession with women’s reproductive choices
By Alice Watkins When Sienna Miller appeared outside the high court last week – after her hacking claim against The Sun was settled – she bravely described the ordeal she had suffered…
