Media Standards Trust Leveson Coverage Analysis
Read the report here: (.pdf) The datasets used in the report, and a Q&A on our research, can be found here The Media Standards Trust today publishes a report ‘Analysis: Press Coverage of Leveson Part 1: The Inquiry’,...
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Media Standards Trust Publishes Report on February 12th Royal Charter
Could Hunt-Black pass Royal Charter test? (PDF) MST Analysis: Could Black/Hunt plan pass February 12th Royal Charter test? Leveson said the Black/Hunt 2012 plans for a new regulator ‘did not come close’ and Cameron said they were ‘not good enough’...
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MST submission to House of Lords Convergence Inquiry
In August 2012, the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications announced a new Inquiry, ‘Media convergence and its public policy policy impact’, exploring the nature and consequences of digital convergence across the media industries, the public, and public...
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Did the PCC fail when it came to phone hacking?
Many within the press have argued that the Leveson Inquiry is unfortunate and unnecessary, a political distraction partly designed to divert attention from politicians’ links with News International, and a threat to press freedom. They also argue that self-regulation was...
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PCC Statistics: A critical analysis by the Media Standards Trust
An analysis of the measurements of success of the PCC based on its own statistics, including an independent audit of the MST’s findings by Full Fact. The research in this report was undertaken in the first half of 2011 but...
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Privacy: Submission to the Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions
News: MST director appears before Joint Committee on Privacy In May 2011, in response to week after week of headlines about the iniquities and impracticalities of privacy protection in UK law, the Attorney-General announced the formation of a Joint Committee...
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The future of investigative journalism: Submission to House of Lords Communications Select Committee
Martin Moore: The real threats to investigative journalism The House of Lords Communications Select Committee launched an inquiry into the future of investigative journalism in July 2011. The Committee was concerned that traditional business models of investigative journalism, vital to...
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MST submission to Jackson Review consultation
(this was the original submission which has since been revised) News: Revisions to MST submission to Jackson consultation on civil litigation costs News: MST makes submission to Jackson Review consultation UPDATED: 8 March 2011 (originally published 16 February 2011) The...
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A Fast Track Procedure for Defamation
The MST has drafted a proposal for a fast track procedure for defamation.We will be using this draft as a basis for discussion over the course of the next year....
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Shrinking World: The decline of international reporting in the British press
In parts of the British press foreign coverage has fallen by almost 40% since 1979, now making up only just over a tenth of stories in the paper. In an increasingly globalised world how can this decline be explained? Does...
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