Comments for Media Standards Trust http://mediastandardstrust.org Sun, 29 Apr 2012 03:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on Responses to questions by GEORGIAWESTEN http://mediastandardstrust.org/mst-news/responses-to-questions/#comment-611 GEORGIAWESTEN Sun, 29 Apr 2012 03:51:00 +0000 http://mediastandardstrust.org/?p=2330#comment-611 What is Goldman Sachs doing on the board of MST? What is Goldman Sachs doing on the board of MST?

]]> Comment on Principles by Should we regulate the hyperlocal space? And what are the legal issues? | Media law and ethics http://mediastandardstrust.org/projects/transparency-initiative/principles/#comment-610 Should we regulate the hyperlocal space? And what are the legal issues? | Media law and ethics Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:05:06 +0000 http://mediastandardstrust.org/#comment-610 [...] credibility”. It’s also something the Media Standards Trust has explored with its Transparency initiative and the Value Added News / hNews  mechanism. They have developed a system of rel-principles, which [...] [...] credibility”. It’s also something the Media Standards Trust has explored with its Transparency initiative and the Value Added News / hNews  mechanism. They have developed a system of rel-principles, which [...]

]]> Comment on Hacked Off: Campaign for a Public Inquiry into Phone Hacking by Richard Micklethwait http://mediastandardstrust.org/mst-news/hacked-off-campaign-for-a-public-inquiry-into-phone-hacking/#comment-609 Richard Micklethwait Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:25:00 +0000 http://mediastandardstrust.org/?p=1985#comment-609 Several years ago in 2005 I was bankrupted by Lloyds of London for refusing their offer to give up all my rights "even in the event of fraud". My phone was intercepted according to a BT engineer and subsequently I called a phone number and was told that it was "Not at the moment Sir". My MP cannot or will not tell me who tapped my line.  I did think the CIA tapped UK lines as our agencies are forbidden to do so without a court order, and then GCHQ tapped American lines as the CIA are forbidden to do this. I have reason to doubt this from a recent tip off, but then maybe the FBI can intercept American transmissions, and the NSA almost certainly can and do. This tapping goes further than the media. Several years ago in 2005 I was bankrupted by Lloyds of London for refusing their offer to give up all my rights “even in the event of fraud”.
My phone was intercepted according to a BT engineer and subsequently I called a phone number and was told that it was “Not at the moment Sir”.
My MP cannot or will not tell me who tapped my line.
 I did think the CIA tapped UK lines as our agencies are forbidden to do so without a court order, and then GCHQ tapped American lines as the CIA are forbidden to do this. I have reason to doubt this from a recent tip off, but then maybe the FBI can intercept American transmissions, and the NSA almost certainly can and do.
This tapping goes further than the media.

]]> Comment on Hacked Off: Campaign for a Public Inquiry into Phone Hacking by PeterJ http://mediastandardstrust.org/mst-news/hacked-off-campaign-for-a-public-inquiry-into-phone-hacking/#comment-604 PeterJ Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:34:00 +0000 http://mediastandardstrust.org/?p=1985#comment-604 I am absolutely astounded that you would endorse hacking of any nature, especially by the Murdochs. Hacking is blatantly criminal, and both father and son Murdoch belong where all criminals are kept.. in jail. The "public interest" in a fraudster faking his own death escapes logic. Darwin is not the first (and won't be the last) to fake their own death. And thousands of Brits defraud insurance companies every day from whiplash to false claims on lost or stolen goods or damages suffered.   After Hacked Off's statement on Channel 4 News that Sky News' hacking carries their approval, suggests nothing but hypocricy. Hacking, in any form, is no different to breaking and entering, a criminal act which should be punished by sending those responsible to jail, whether they are directors of a large TV newscaster or not. The Murdoch empire is rotten to the core and Sky's broadcast license should be revoked by Ofcom. Ore are there two laws, one allowing media organisations all kinds of criminality, and the rest of us get jailed should we transgress? I'm very hacked off with Hacked Off.     I am absolutely astounded that you would endorse hacking
of any nature, especially by the Murdochs.

Hacking is blatantly criminal, and both father and son Murdoch belong where all criminals are kept.. in jail.

The “public interest” in a fraudster faking his own death escapes logic. Darwin is not the first (and won’t be the last) to fake their own death. And thousands of Brits defraud insurance companies every day from whiplash to false claims on lost or stolen goods or damages suffered.

 
After Hacked Off’s statement on Channel 4 News that Sky News’ hacking carries their approval, suggests nothing but hypocricy. Hacking, in any form, is no different to breaking and entering, a criminal act which should be punished by sending those responsible to jail, whether they are directors of a large TV newscaster or not. The Murdoch empire is rotten to the core and Sky’s broadcast license should be revoked by Ofcom. Ore are there two laws, one allowing media organisations all kinds of criminality, and the rest of us get jailed should we transgress?

I’m very hacked off with Hacked Off.

 

 

]]> Comment on Hacked Off: Campaign for a Public Inquiry into Phone Hacking by David J. Baird http://mediastandardstrust.org/mst-news/hacked-off-campaign-for-a-public-inquiry-into-phone-hacking/#comment-595 David J. Baird Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:09:00 +0000 http://mediastandardstrust.org/?p=1985#comment-595 Surely as proprietor of News Corp, the buck (or many millions of 'em!) stops @ the door of Mr Rupert Murdoch's Wall St inner sanctum? He should be the one really hung out to dry. Dave Melbourne Australia Surely as proprietor of News Corp, the buck (or many millions of ‘em!) stops @ the door of Mr Rupert Murdoch’s Wall St inner sanctum? He should be the one really hung out to dry. Dave Melbourne Australia

]]> Comment on Local news and the democratic deficit – Port Talbot by jacqueline pearson http://mediastandardstrust.org/blog/local-news-and-the-democratic-deficit-port-talbot/#comment-590 jacqueline pearson Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:14:00 +0000 http://mediastandardstrust.org/?p=1582#comment-590 mrs, jacqueline pearson,  Dear sirs i am trying to get in contact with a lady called beth catherine according to the internet , has she is on the same family tree has me dagger and mowat edingbough scotland. I have been trying to find cousins for a long time i have connections to pontypridd and bristol, but my welsh family have died young and the bristol side have gone too.This lady has also been asking for info, has my mother has gone to who was from bristol, it would be nice to see other family, my grans name was gwen may williams and she married my grandad frank dagger a navy man my grans parents were james charles williams and great gran was annie anderson and they lived the treforest area, if beth catherine saw the letter she might get in touch with me on 07554035364 or, 64, lutterworth dr, adwick le st, doncaste3r, dn6 7df. mrs, jacqueline pearson,  Dear sirs i am trying to get in contact with a lady called beth catherine according to the internet , has she is on the same family tree has me dagger and mowat edingbough scotland. I have been trying to find cousins for a long time i have connections to pontypridd and bristol, but my welsh family have died young and the bristol side have gone too.This lady has also been asking for info, has my mother has gone to who was from bristol, it would be nice to see other family, my grans name was gwen may williams and she married my grandad frank dagger a navy man my grans parents were james charles williams and great gran was annie anderson and they lived the treforest area, if beth catherine saw the letter she might get in touch with me on 07554035364 or, 64, lutterworth dr, adwick le st, doncaste3r, dn6 7df.

]]> Comment on Local news and the democratic deficit – Port Talbot by Jamesdouglaskeith http://mediastandardstrust.org/blog/local-news-and-the-democratic-deficit-port-talbot/#comment-589 Jamesdouglaskeith Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:55:00 +0000 http://mediastandardstrust.org/?p=1582#comment-589 I am working on a Master's thesis along the same lines here in Canada. I'm curious to know what progress there has been on the above mentioned study. Thanks! I am working on a Master’s thesis along the same lines here in Canada. I’m curious to know what progress there has been on the above mentioned study. Thanks!

]]> Comment on The future of investigative journalism: Submission to House of Lords Communications Select Committee by Journalisted Weekly: Valentine’s Day, Whitney Houston and Rangers FC | Editors' Blog | Journalism.co.uk http://mediastandardstrust.org/publications/the-future-of-investigative-journalism-submission-to-house-of-lords-communications-select-committee/#comment-588 Journalisted Weekly: Valentine’s Day, Whitney Houston and Rangers FC | Editors' Blog | Journalism.co.uk Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:04:45 +0000 http://mediastandardstrust.org/?p=2176#comment-588 [...] Read the MST’s submission to parliament’s Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions and the House of Lords Communications Select Committee on investigative journalism [...] [...] Read the MST’s submission to parliament’s Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions and the House of Lords Communications Select Committee on investigative journalism [...]

]]> Comment on Missed opportunities: how Lords see the future of investigative journalism by Missed opportunities: how Lords see the future of investigative journalism – Martin Moore « Inforrm's Blog http://mediastandardstrust.org/blog/missed-opportunities-how-lords-see-the-future-of-investigative-journalism/#comment-586 Missed opportunities: how Lords see the future of investigative journalism – Martin Moore « Inforrm's Blog Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:01:52 +0000 http://mediastandardstrust.org/?p=2279#comment-586 [...] post originally appeared on the Media Standards Trust blog and is reproduced with permission and thanks. Share this:PrintEmailTwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe [...] [...] post originally appeared on the Media Standards Trust blog and is reproduced with permission and thanks. Share this:PrintEmailTwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe [...]

]]> Comment on Local news and the democratic deficit – Port Talbot by Missed opportunities: how Lords see the future of investigative journalism – Martin Moore « Inforrm's Blog http://mediastandardstrust.org/blog/local-news-and-the-democratic-deficit-port-talbot/#comment-585 Missed opportunities: how Lords see the future of investigative journalism – Martin Moore « Inforrm's Blog Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:00:46 +0000 http://mediastandardstrust.org/?p=1582#comment-585 [...] scrutiny of other public authorities. This is certainly the case in south Wales, where we run a joint project on the future of local news with Cardiff [...] [...] scrutiny of other public authorities. This is certainly the case in south Wales, where we run a joint project on the future of local news with Cardiff [...]

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