PCC
Sorry we called you an ‘HIV monster’
Here’s another complaint made against the Daily Mail which was resolved through the PCC: The National AIDS Trust and the Terrence Higgins Trust complained, on behalf of Nkosinati Mabanda, to the Press Complaints Commission that the assertion in… Read more
Filed under Media and journalism
Sorry if a ‘contrary impression’ was given
The following is a clarification and apology that was recently published on the Daily Mail website: An article on 24 June reported that Andy Coles, the former commander of submarine HMS Turbulent, had been accused by a fisherman’s son of the… Read more
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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
Daily Telegraph set straight over AV claims
The PCC has published details of a complaint made by Electoral Reform Services against the Daily Telegraph: Electoral Reform Services Ltd complained to the Press Complaints Commission through Lewis Silkin solicitors of London that an article… Read more
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Sorry we called you a rapist
A man has made two identical complaints to the PCC over articles in the Daily Telegraph and London Evening Standard. Both articles reported that he had a rape conviction, despite the fact that his conviction had been quashed on appeal. As a… Read more
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Littlejohn letches over 7-year-old girl
What is it with the Mail and people’s daughters? Last week, the anonymous “Daily Mail Reporter” was letching over Tom Cruise’s 5-year-old daughter, Suri. It described her swimsuit-less trip to the beach with her mother in obsessive detail, being… Read more
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Daily Mail Reporter letches over five-year-old girl
If you saw a fully-grown adult taking numerous photographs of someone else’s five-year-old daughter as she played on the beach, what would you do? Would you give them a disgusted glare? Would you confront them? Would you call the police and alert… Read more
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