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The Phantom Paramedic: A failure of journalism or Islamophobic reporting at The Star and Express?
A paramedic told talkRADIO that he wasn't allowed to enter a mosque on the basis of his sexuality - a story later reproduced in two national newspapers. But was he even real?… -
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Meghan Markle wins remaining copyright claim against the Mail on Sunday
Commenting, Hacked Off Board Director & journalist Emma Jones said, Today’s judgment completes Meghan Markle’s victory against the Mail on Sunday, after the newspaper unlawfully published a private and deeply personal letter…
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“Sunlight is the disinfectant that is necessary” – Media lawyer Tamsin Allen on Maria’s case, police corruption & the urgent need for Leveson Part Two
*Maria, who recently wrote for Hacked Off, is a survivor of sexual assault. After she was interviewed about the incident by police officers, details of the assault appeared in national newspapers. Recently,… -
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Watch now: 7th Annual Leveson Lecture, with JESS PHILLIPS MP
HACKED OFF present the seventh annual Leveson lecture With panellists: Natalie Fenton, Professor of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is also Chair of the UK Media Reform Coalition.… -
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The Triumph of Cynicism: The Suppression of Leveson II
IAN LUCAS The former MP & Media Committee Member, who challenged Matt Hancock over Leveson II's cancellation, writes: "Members of Parliament speak with one voice rarely" - but they did when they… -
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Claims that private investigator employed by The Sun illegally spied on Meghan Markle: Hacked Off response
Byline Investigates has reported today that a private investigator who was paid by The Sun to access personal information about Meghan Markle did so unlawfully. This alleged conduct would appear to…
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Public debate is important. Waves of press and political attacks damage it
By Dr Corinne Fowler, Professor of Postcolonial Literature at the University of Leicester As an academic I believe that public debate is important: ideas should be tested and scrutinised. But to…
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Society of Editors: Retract your damaging & false dismissal of any racism in the press
Hacked Off and several leading anti-racism NGOs have written to the Society of Editors, calling on them to retract their claim that the press is “not racist”. The Society’s wholesale denial…
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Hacked Off and anti-racism NGOs call for Society of Editors retraction
Hacked Off and several leading anti-racism NGOs have written to the Society of Editors, calling on them to retract their claim that the press is “not racist”. The Society’s wholesale denial…
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Summary judgment issued in Duchess of Sussex v The Mail (Associated Newspapers)
Commenting on the summary judgment issued today in the Duchess of Sussex’s privacy and copyright claims against Mail publisher Associated Newspapers, Hacked Off Policy Director Nathan Sparkes said, No-one should have…
