BBC: Met may reopen phone hacking case
The BBC reports developments in the phone hacking scandal engulfing the News of the World and its former editor, Andy Coulson. … Read the full post »
Here are my posts about the state of journalism and how it is carried out, mainly focusing on the UK but with the occasional piece about other countries too.
For more on the topic, see my book Bad News: what the headlines don’t tell us.
The BBC reports developments in the phone hacking scandal engulfing the News of the World and its former editor, Andy Coulson. … Read the full post »
The future of the Press Complaints Commission is up for debate at the party’s autumn conference in Liverpool. A motion from Truro & Falmouth echoes many of the criticisms made of the PCC by the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee in its recent report. The motion calls for a fully independent regulator to take … Read the full post »
Each round of newspaper circulation figures makes grim reading for anyone trying to balance the books at a newspaper. Month after month circulation is dropping. … Read the full post »
Latest news in the ongoing saga of Southampton Football Club’s attempts to ban photographers from its matches. … Read the full post »
Southampton football club has joined the long list of clubs that ban or want to ban the media from their matches as it suits. … Read the full post »
Daily Telegraph, 12 December 2008: “Recession pulls hemlines down”. Daily Telegraph, 6 March 2009: “Hemlines rise during economic downturns”. … Read the full post »
Most of the punditry about the internet and the general election has focused on the impact of the internet, and social media in particular, on politics. … Read the full post »
Hackney Council has been now accused of repeatedly misinforming members of the public, telling them that there was no Conservative candidate in the recent Mayor election. … Read the full post »
Huge media coverage of a funeral led to the son of the deceased man to complain that the spreading of detailed information about the funeral was “formerly unheard of – and is an outrage”. … Read the full post »
An eleven month review into the workings of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has made 75 recommendations but is not suggesting any fundamental changes. … Read the full post »