Missed opportunities: how Lords see the future of investigative journalism
16.02.12 by Martin Moore
Not so foolish these Lords of ours. As inquiries were starting left, right and centre into newspaper malpractice following the phone hacking revelations last July, the Lords recognised there was a need for some balance, particularly from Parliament. So they...
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Press ‘omerta’: How newspapers’ failure to report the phone hacking scandal exposed the limitations of media accountability
08.02.12 by Daniel Bennett and Judith Townend
“[Nick] Davies’s work…has gained no traction at all in the rest of Fleet Street, which operates under a system of omerta so strict that it would secure a nod of approbation from the heads of the big New York crime...
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Did the PCC turn a blind eye to evidence that phone hacking went beyond one rogue reporter?
02.02.12 by Martin Moore
In his appearance at the Leveson Inquiry, the former chairman of the PCC defended the reaction of the PCC to the conviction of Clive Goodman and Glenn Mulcaire for phone hacking in 2007: Sir Christopher Meyer: “I made several statements...
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Why did Leveson go soft on The Sun?
10.01.12 by Martin Moore
Am I the only one who thought The Sun got off rather lightly at Leveson? It is absolutely right that newspaper editors should be able to shout about the good work they do. As Lord Justice Leveson said, “it is...
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The other journalism inquiry: investigative journalism
03.01.12 by Jamie Thunder
Over the past few months, anyone with an interest in media inquiries has been glued to Leveson and its daily supply of intrigue, drama, and occasional farce. Yet away from Court 73 of the Royal Courts of Justice, there’s been...
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Is unfamiliarity breeding contempt?
07.12.11 by Judith Townend
In March 2011, the Daily Mail and The Sun were found guilty of contempt of court for publishing online photographs of a defendant posing with a gun at the start of a murder trial. It was, the Attorney General, Dominic...
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The real threats to investigative journalism
08.11.11 by Martin Moore
Today I’m giving oral evidence to the House of Lords Committee on investigative journalism, on a panel with Iain Overton from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, and Dominic Cooper from the Chartered Institute of Journalists. You can read the full...
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Lord Judge’s misjudged references to press self-regulation
24.10.11 by Martin Moore
You do not become Lord Chief Justice without being very bright indeed and awfully judicious. But if I may be so bold, I’d like to suggest that he might have made quite an important error in his speech last week...
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The story most papers missed: Dacre calls for statutory backstop
13.10.11 by Martin Moore
Talk about missing the story. The Sun, the Daily Mail, the Telegraph, The Guardian, even Newsnight all failed to lead with the genuinely newsworthy aspect of Wednesday’s Leveson Inquiry seminars. The Sun highlighted Paul Dacre and Kelvin MacKenzie’s attacks on...
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Tabloid hacks and Trojan horses
07.10.11 by Martin Moore
The irony appeared to be lost on many of those in the room. As editor after editor at the Leveson Inquiry seminar lined up to say that the dark arts practiced at the News of the World would never happen...
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