*From Media Standards Trust The irony appeared to be lost on many of those in the room. As editor after editor at the Leveson Inquiry seminar lined up to say that the…

*From Media Standards Trust The complaint by Associated Newspapers to the Leveson inquiry that there is not enough representation of the tabloid or regional press on the panel is not unexpected, but…

Politicians are a strange breed. One minute they are nodding and agreeing with you, and the next they say something which goes so against what you just said you wonder if they…

by Brian Cathcart Sir Harry Evans deserves credit for organising this week’s debate about ‘the press we deserve’ in central London. It was deeply depressing, however, to see a panel of the…

*from Inforrm by Steven Heffer On 9 April this year News of the World publisher News Group Newspapers announced in the media that it had appointed a former High Court Judge to…

by Brian Cathcart Let us try for a moment to see the actions of the Metropolitan Police in relation to apparent leaks of information to the Guardian from the point of view…

*From Inforrm Operation Motorman was the 2003 investigation into the illegal trade in personal information by the British Press. Whereas the phone hacking saga has – so far at least – only…

Roy Greenslade makes a number of valid and helpful points in his proposal to come up with a ‘PCC Plus’. In particular he notes the experience and conscientiousness of the current PCC…

by Brian Cathcart One of the minor oddities in all the accumulated evidence about phone hacking is a remark made at the Old Bailey on 26 January 2007, when Glenn Mulcaire was…

*From Inforrm The House of Commons Select Committee on Culture Media and Sport yesterday heard evidence from four former “News of the World” executives, Jon Chapman, Daniel Cloke, Colin Myler and Tom…