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Press complaints-handler’s credibility falls to new low: IPSO fails to find “made-up” quote inaccurate
In an IPSO ruling published today, the complaints-handler found that a Times article with an invented quotation was nonetheless compliant with the Editors’ Code. The Times article alleged that, in respect…
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The Scruton tapes: lack of self-awareness at the Spectator
Douglas Murray, a man who told Nick Ferrari on LBC in 2017 that “less Islam” is the answer to having less terrorism the UK, has composed a cover page Spectator piece defending…
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Government urged to rule out moves to weaken protections on editorial independence at The Times
Hacked Off and the Media Reform Coalition have written to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Jeremy Wright QC, to insist that he takes off the table any…
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Fatal domestic abuse reporting: new guidelines must be backed up by code change
The press complaints-handler IPSO, and the independent regulator IMPRESS, have adopted campaign group Level Up’s guidelines on fatal domestic abuse reporting. Whilst IMPRESS have vowed to consider changes to their standards code,…
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Boris’ Brexit Telegraph Lies “clearly comically polemical” ?
In an extraordinary confession on Friday, the Telegraph defended Boris Johnson’s false Brexit poll story saying the MP was “entitled to make sweeping generalisations” in his £275k a year column as it…
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Platforms fuelling far-right violence: the crux of the matter
Platforms play a lead role in strengthening and emboldening online extremism. This week, YouTube placed restrictions on the channel of English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson which has around 357,000 subscribers,…
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IMPRESS passes first cyclical Press Recognition Panel review for independence and effectiveness
Today, the Press Recognition Panel (PRP) confirmed that the IMPRESS media self-regulator continues to meet Leveson’s requirements for a regulator which is independent of the state, politicians and the industry. Commenting,…
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Guest Blog: Jodie Jackson, author of “You Are What You Read”
We are all familiar with the saying ‘you are what you eat’: it’s a very simple but effective summary that has made us increasingly aware that the way in which food is…
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Are unregulated platforms a threat to our national security?
Whilst criticising the hypocrisy of media outlets, Britain’s counter-terrorism chief Neal Basu has said that far-right terrorists are being radicalised by mainstream newspaper coverage. The sickening attack on two mosques in New…
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Media Distortion and Daily Mail Deception
Time and time again we see evidence of a racist agenda in elements of the press. Relentless discriminatory language aimed at minority groups is having a hugely damaging effect on society –…
