On 10 October the Daily Mail took the unusual step of trying to engage with some of the arguments about self-regulation.  It published an ‘examination’ of Hugh Grant’s Today programme interview the…

By David Hass The final draft of the Royal Charter for press self-regulation contained a package of further major concessions to the press. You may be forgiven for not registering this fact;…

A YouGov poll of 1,859 British adults, commissioned by the Media Standards Trust and conducted on 9th – 10th October 2013, has shown that the public supports independent oversight and periodic review of any…

  11.10.13 Professor Brian Cathcart, Executive Director of Hacked Off said:   “Hacked Off, and the victims of press abuse for whom we speak, are pleased to see the publication today of…

By David Hass The long-awaited appearance of Inquiry Chairman Sir Brian Leveson at the Culture Select Committee was limited in scope but the judge’s messages were as clear and resolute as they…

By Professor Steven Barnett We have been here before. Delays, legal manoeuvres, and desperate scaremongering as the national press tries to stave off even the mildest form of accountability. Self-serving politicians desperate…

by Brian Cathcart   Newspaper bosses squeal in sham anguish, but they knew better than anyone that their petition for a Royal Charter was never likely to be more than a spoiling…

  Responding to reports that the PressBoF royal charter put forward by sections of the newspaper industry has been rejected by ministers, while decisions about the cross-party royal charter for press self-regulation…

Parliament’s Royal Charter, which implements the Leveson recommendations and is endorsed by all parties in Parliament, will benefit everyone and will enhance freedom of expression. These are the top 20 benefits: Benefits…

by Brian Cathcart Today has been the day when, amazingly, we were asked to view the Daily Mail as a victim. The world is ganging up on Britain’s number two selling daily,…