Proposal for press adjudicator
February 24, 2012 | Posted by Martin Moore
Today the Financial Times reports (£) on a new proposal submitted to the Leveson Inquiry for a system to replace the Press Complaints Commission. The proposal is written by Hugh Tomlinson QC and emerged out of roundtable discussions organized by the [...]
The MST at the Leveson Inquiry
February 15, 2012 | Posted by Media Standards Trust
The director of the Media Standards Trust, Martin Moore, gave oral evidence to the Leveson Inquiry last Wednesday, 8 February. In addition to a written witness statement, the MST has so far submitted the following as evidence (click on the [...]
Did the PCC fail when it came to phone hacking?
| Posted by Media Standards Trust
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 [...]
PCC Statistics: A critical analysis by the Media Standards Trust
| Posted by 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 [...]
Press ‘omerta’: How newspapers’ failure to report the phone hacking scandal exposed the limitations of media accountability
February 8, 2012 | Posted 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 [...]
MST/Hacked Off statement on Paul Dacre’s Leveson Inquiry appearance
February 6, 2012 | Posted by Media Standards Trust
The Hacked Off campaign and the Media Standards Trust categorically refute Paul Dacre’s baseless accusations that we have “attempted to hijack” the Leveson Inquiry by somehow putting pressure on Hugh Grant, a supporter of the Hacked Off campaign, to “wound” [...]
Did the PCC turn a blind eye to evidence that phone hacking went beyond one rogue reporter?
February 2, 2012 | Posted 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 [...]
Why did Leveson go soft on The Sun?
January 10, 2012 | Posted 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 [...]
The other journalism inquiry: investigative journalism
January 3, 2012 | Posted 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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