Daily Mirror
Sorry we said you had sexsomnia
The PCC’s website currently lists no less than 11 resolved complaints from Stephen Davies and Eleanor Parker. According to the complaints, each paper had wrongly reported that Mr Davies, who was standing trial for rape, had defended himself by… Read more
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Britain’s problem with immigration
Concerns about immigration are regularly at the top of the British political agenda and are frequently debated in homes and workplaces across the UK. Unlike many commentators and politicians in the mainstream media, I certainly don’t see the subject… Read more
Filed under Politics and economics
When is an exclusive not an exclusive?
…When the same story is covered simultaneously by two different newspapers. (Hat-tip to @BethEleri and… Read more
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Phone hacking finally makes front page of the Sun… but only just
The majority of tomorrow’s front pages are covering the ongoing phone hacking saga at the News of the World with the prominence it deserves: Except, that is, for the News of the World’s sister paper, the Sun: Can… Read more
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A bad day to be a tabloid
Today is not a good day to be a tabloid newspaper. The revelation that the News of the World hacked into Milly Dowler’s voicemail after she was abducted, potentially impeding the investigation into her disappearance and giving false hope to her… Read more
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News of the World hacked Milly Dowler’s voicemail
Just in case you thought the journalists at the News of the World couldn’t possibly have stooped any lower: The News of the World illegally targeted the missing schoolgirl Milly Dowler and her family in March 2002, interfering with police… Read more
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Papers confused over Rapture
For the past few weeks, and rising to a crescendo over the weekend, almost all of the papers have covered the news of Harold Camping’s Rapture prediction with anticipation. At 6pm on Saturday 21st May 2011, so Mr Camping’s eschatological… Read more
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Should we really have to force newspapers to stop smearing innocent people?
According to the Press Gazette: Parliament might be asked to ban the media from identifying people arrested by police in criminal investigations until after they have been charged, the Attorney General warned yesterday. They add: The… Read more
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