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Press barons to persist with sham regulation
IPSO have today announced that publishers have renewed their membership of IPSO for a further five years. The complaints-handler, which does not meet Leveson’s minimum requirements for a competent regulator, has recently…
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Policy Exchange Report, “Eroding the Free Press”: a transparent and ludicrous exercise in misdirection
A number of newspapers in the UK have a problem reporting accurately, and in a way that is not abusive, about Muslims. The problem persists because instead of an independent regulator, most…
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Sir Cliff case: Media should scrutinise justice, not administer it
The media arguing that searches and arrests should not be kept private seek to have one rule for their own industry and another for everyone else. The BBC has paid out…
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Press freedom under threat: Defend British journalists from politician-led regulation
On August 1st 2019, the newspaper complaints-handler “IPSO” appointed a politician as its Chair. Press freedom advocates around the world recognise that politicians shouldn’t be ANYWHERE NEAR a press regulator or complaints-handler.…
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IPSO “rebuttal” fails to identify any specific inaccuracy
IPSO have published a “rebuttal” to Hacked Off’s recent research on coverage about transgender people and their rights. Yet this rebuttal seemingly fails to highlight any specific points of inaccuracy. IPSO’s rebuttal,…
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Demand IPSO Protect Targeted Groups Against Transphobia In The Press
A detailed report by Hacked Off has found many transphobic and abusive articles misrepresenting the Women and Equalities Select Committee (WESC) Report on Transgender Equality. It is time for the media to…
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Heather Mills: Highest media settlement in British legal history
Heather Mills has received one of the highest media settlements in legal history, and received an apology from News Group Newspapers at the high court today after settling her phone-hacking case against…
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The Times fails to identify a single error in damning report exposing series of substantively false stories about Muslims
On Wednesday June 26th, a report by Professor Brian Cathcart and Paddy French, “Unmasked”, was published. The report examined a series of investigative stories run by the paper which had the effect…
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UPDATE – The Times exposed: is this what racism looks like?
In late June, a 66-page report by Professor Brian Cathcart and Paddy French of Press Gang, “Unmasked”, was published. The report examined a series of investigative stories run by the paper which…
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Government labelled “Corrupt” over Leveson Part Two suppression in R4 Documentary
On Sunday May 5th, Radio 4 aired the documentary “The Press, the Police, the Politicians and Their Public”, which challenged the Government’s claim that completing the Leveson Inquiry was no longer in…
