Archive for press complaints commission
The flaws in Ed Miliband’s media policy are no cause for rejoicing
It isn’t often that the members of one party should be worried about a proposed policy from a rival party’s leader collapsing under examination. However, David Elstein’s demolition of Ed Miliband’s proposal to limit ownership of newspapers by circulation should not provide more than a passing smile to Liberal Democrats, for it highlights the difficult of [...]
Press Complaints Commission upholds MP’s complaint over expense reporting
Here’s the main part of the ruling against the East Kilbride News: The complaint was made by the MP for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow, Michael McCann. The article related to his Parliamentary expenses, which had been published following the release of the figures by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA). Mr McCann argued that [...]
Meanwhile, in other news…
Let’s start with some updates on stories we’ve previously covered here on The Voice. Conservative London Assembly member Brian Coleman has backed down from his attempt to ban questions to him at London Fire Authority meetings. The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) is to investigate the Daily Telegraph, following complaints from Tim Farron and others that [...]
PCC stalls on recommendation over improving corrections in the press
One of the few recommendations from the independent Governance Review which the Press Complaints Commission has not accepted is this one: 28. The Commission needs to do more work to ensure both that apologies are prominently published, and that people are aware of this. A working group on this specific issue would be a positive [...]
Small step forward on press corrections as press code altered
A press release from the Editors’ Code of Practice Committee (the body that draws up the code with the Press Complaints Commission implements) brings the news: From next year, corrections involving the Press Complaints Commission – which oversees press self regulation in the UK – will be agreed with the PCC in advance, under new [...]
Press complaints (the unofficial site)
I really like the new site being built by the Media Standards Trust: Press complaints (the unofficial site). It takes all the rulings from the Press Complaints Commission since 1996 and makes them easy to browse, including sorting by titles or by section of the Code of Practice. The latter is particularly useful if you [...]
A polite round of applause for the Press Complaints Commission
We’ve often covered the issue of press standards on Lib Dem Voice, including posts such as those from myself calling for the Press Complaints Commission to be reformed – which was also the subject of a speech I gave at party conference. So it is only fair to give credit where some is due – [...]
Why the Press Complaints Commission should be reformed
Regular readers will recognise two themes that crop up repeatedly in my blogging about journalism: that the press’s problems with falling sales are not only a result of the public’s changing use of technology, they are also a result of the public’s low trust in the press and that the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) should [...]
The press and the right of reply
Here on Liberal Democrat Voice we’ve often covered the work of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), including the motion being proposed at party conference on it and a response to motion piece from the PCC itself. It isn’t only on Liberal Democrat Voice that the PCC has been given a full column to express its [...]
