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The press hounded Caroline Flack. Tell your MP to help stop press abuse
The tragic death of television presenter Caroline Flack in February 2020 followed months of relentless press attacks and intrusive newspaper coverage. "Caroline Flack: Her Life and Death", a Channel 4 documentary which… -
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Newspapers published more than 50 distortive or inaccurate stories about COVID
Read the full report here A free and accountable press is never more important than at times of national crisis. Yet throughout the COVID-19 pandemic some newspapers have been guilty of… -
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A snapshot into fatal domestic abuse reporting: how IPSO has failed, and why code change is the first step to improving reporting
READ THE FULL BRIEFING HERE For too long, reporting of domestic violence in the press has been seriously inadequate. Coverage has sought to justify the actions of perpetrators. The conduct…
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White supremacism, the press, and the absence of regulation
False newspaper stories are being shared as propaganda by neo-Nazis and white supremacists. WARNING: This report contains abusive language. Call time on IPSO now: sign the declaration. Download the full report here… -
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Unelected: the insidious influence of Rupert Murdoch at the heart of Government
READ THE FULL PUBLICATION HERE! Hacked Off can today reveal, after an analysis of Government transparency data, that employees of Murdoch’s newspapers met with Government Ministers or their advisors a…
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Racism and Fake News in the Wild West of newspaper comment sections
READ THE REPORT. “This virus came engineered in a Chinese lab.” Sound familiar? This comment – hawking an unproven and debunked conspiracy theory about COVID-19 – is one of hundreds…
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The Daniel Morgan Murder: Why We Need Leveson Part Two
Justice for Daniel Morgan: Finish the Leveson Inquiry Britain’s most investigated murder, and how Rupert Murdoch’s best selling Sunday tabloid was inextricably linked with it for three decades. By Peter Jukes…
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STOP FUNDING MURDOCH
An investigation in Byline Investigates has confirmed that, as other businesses struggle from the impact of COVID-19, £35m of taxpayers’ money has been handed over to corporate newspapers and their wealthy owners.…
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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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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…
