On Friday 31 May 2013 the spokesman for the President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, announced that the President had “elected to withdraw” his legal claims against “various Media Groups“. It was reported that the President felt that “measured as against the broader nation interest and challenges which the country is faced with, his personal sentiments, however aggrieved he may feel, must give way“. This bland statement conceals one of the most spectacular of all libel climb-downs by a politician. Continue reading
The International Forum for Responsible Media Blog
Month: June 2013 (Page 5 of 5)
After all the hostile propaganda about the Leveson Royal Charter agreed by Parliament in March, working journalists could be forgiven for thinking it will make their working life harder and less satisfying. The opposite is true. The new system will bring significant benefits for journalists with standards and integrity – in other words, the vast majority. Continue reading
In Ontumulus v Collett ([2013] EWHC 980 (QB)) a Turkish Yacht company and a German Yacht company, together with Mr Ontulmus, who was a shareholder in the Turkish company and a consultant to both companies, sued the defendants in England in respect of five emails which were alleged to have been read in Germany and Switzerland. Continue reading
A coroner has criticised the “sensational and salacious” press coverage of teacher Lucy Meadows, who killed herself in March, and called for the Government to implement the recommendations of the Leveson Report, as PA Mediapoint reports here. Continue reading
The “Independent” has reported the results of a Com Res Opinion poll [pdf] which shows that 63% of the public think that suspects should normally remain anonymous on arrest. The vociferous press campaign against anonymity over the past 2 months does not appear to have had any appreciable effect on public opinion. Continue reading
The Daily Mail is in favour of regulation with statutory independent oversight – as long as it applies to others. Last week, without apparent irony, it reported favourably on the findings of the “Legal Services Board” – a “state watchdog” which had condemned the complaints handling of the barristers’ regulatory body, the Bar Standards Board (BSB). The message was clear to anyone except the Mail: regulators need independent oversight. Continue reading
The Campaign for Freedom of Information (“CFOI”), one of the most important public interest campaigning bodies in Britain in recent decades, is in financial difficulties and needs help urgently. Continue reading
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