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The PCC, the Judge and the ‘Gay Brothel’: another bizarre decision
In an adjudication published last Thursday, the Press Complaints Commission decided that a front page Daily Mirror story entitled “Stuart Hall Judge visited gay brothel” did not breach the discrimination or privacy clauses of…
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PCC obscures the awkward truth of 24 Mail complaints in two months
By Tom Rowland In September and October this year, when the press was supposed to be on its best behaviour, the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) claims to have ‘resolved’ 72 complaints from…
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Press bosses expose themselves as "desperate and deaf"
Responding to the announcement that the owners of the Telegraph and the Mail along with the Murdoch newspapers are pressing ahead with the establishment of a non-Leveson compliant regulator whilst attempting to…
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IPSO facto – why PressBoF’s regulator is going nowhere
The editors and proprietors of national newspapers have more than 60 years’ experience of manoeuvring to avoid independent and effective regulation. Again and again down the decades they have bullied politicians into pulling…
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What next for the PCC?
By Brian Cathcart The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) still exists. It still has a chair, Lord Hunt, and a panel of Commissioners, and it still deals with complaints from the public. It…
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What’s wrong with the press bosses’ latest regulation proposal?
by Brian Cathcart For the fourth time since 2011 the owners of the big national press groups have published a new proposal for press self-regulation – and for the fourth time they…
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Spinning in the Last Chance Saloon – Why the “Son of PCC” regulator fails all the tests – Part 2
By Evan Harris In part one we looked at the rhetoric of the press release issued by newspaper proprietors. Here is an analysis of their claims to have implemented Leveson in their…
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Spinning in the Last Chance Saloon – Why the “Son of PCC” regulator fails all the tests – Part 1
By Evan Harris On 8 July, sections of the press industry announced in a press release their plans to set up a self-regulator that is designed NOT to meet the standards required…
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Press bosses' new regulator would shield papers from investigations and fines
One of the most widely-recognised failings of the old Press Complaints Commission was its inability to mount effective investigations when things went wrong in the press. This wasn’t accidental, as the Leveson…
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Independent Press Standards Organisation no more than "a cynical rebranding exercise"
Responding to the announcement that the Press Standards Board of Finance is publishing draft constitutional documents to set up what it bills an “Independent Press Standards Organisation”, Professor Brian Cathcart, Executive Director…
