Report from the Lords select committee on plurality, 25 June
As MPs call on Lord Justice Leveson to comment on the shameful stalemate that has prevailed over press regulation since the agreement of the Royal Charter in March, the House of Lords select committee...
View ArticleIf you want to be a big player in government, you have to flirt with Rupert’s...
“If there is one lesson about British politics we learned from the Leveson Inquiry, it is that if you want to be a big player in government, you have to flirt with Rupert’s henchmen and women.” Here’s...
View ArticleTranssexual life and death in the press
“Trans coverage is a microcosm of press behaviour.” Here’s Helen Belcher of Trans Media Watch, talking about transsexual life and death in the press. The post Transsexual life and death in the press...
View ArticleTwo faces of Rupert Murdoch, presented without comment
Then: “I was shocked and appalled by recent allegations concerning the News of the World and I am deeply sorry for the hurt that was caused. “…I have never tolerated the kind of behaviour that has...
View ArticleA tale of two British summers: phone hacking and a royal baby
This post by Des Freedman was originally published at Open Democracy, and is reprinted with their kind permission. The royal birth is set to be the face of the 2013 summer, but to what extent does this...
View ArticleWhen “measuring” is a substitute for action: the government’s consultation on...
By Des Freedman Right in the middle of the summer, and without much fanfare, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has published two documents that reveal its plans for the media and...
View ArticleMiranda detention, part 1: Why we should be concerned
The detention of a journalist under something called the Terrorism Act should raise eyebrows whatever the situation. It does not matter whether David Miranda was travelling as an ordinary man, a...
View ArticleMiranda detention part two: who decides on the public interest?
Yesterday we wrote about why the detention of David Miranda under anti-terror legislation was so different from the arrest of British journalists on suspicion of unlawfully obtaining information. We...
View ArticleThe Daily Mail knows all about ‘hate’
Des Freedman argues for a full and open debate about concentrated media power. In light of the forthcoming consideration by the government of the two rival Royal Charters, this is the first of a series...
View ArticleWhy the Leveson Inquiry must be allowed to finish its work
By Justin Schlosberg If part two of the Fox-Sky merger review is to learn anything from recent history, it must open the door to part two of the Leveson Inquiry. Last week Rupert Murdoch’s News Group...
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