UK media coverage of EU issues is frequently superficial and plagued by basic errors. The BBC, and others, must work to change this. Part 1 of this post was published on 17 April 2015 and Part 2 on 19 April 2015. Continue reading
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Month: April 2015 (Page 2 of 5)
A YouGov poll of 1717 adults taken over 11-12 April 2015 for the Hacked Off Campaign has found that the public do not believe that press behaviour has improved since the phone hacking scandal, with almost 3 in 5 wanting tougher regulation of the press, and the same proportion wanting further Parliamentary action to deliver it. Continue reading
Social media is having an impact on the political and electoral process in many ways and marketing experts have suggested that the 2015 election will be the UK’s first truly digital and social-media-led general election. Continue reading
After the acquittal of a number of journalists accused of corrupting public officials and the dropping of charges against others, the corporate national press (Sun, Times, Mail, Telegraph, Mirror and others) has launched one of its shameless campaigns of disinformation. Continue reading
In a recent article the Press Gazette pointed out that in 60% of the UK national newspaper market the election campaign coverage has been pro-Conservative compared to 33 % of prospective Tory voters. Research by the Media Standards Trust also points out that the Conservative party gets the most positive coverage in newspaper leader columns and Labour the most negative. Continue reading
The importance of providing full and frank disclosure in without notice applications was recently evidenced in the case of YXB v TNO ([2015] EWHC 826 (QB)). As a result of the claimant’s material non-disclosure, the High Court discharged orders granted in the claimant’s favour and denied a privacy injunction for the future. Continue reading
This week the Inforrm blog reached the important milestone of 3,000 posts. We have been posting since January 2010 so that is an average of something like 11 posts a week. Over that period we have had 2.8 million page views – an average of over 900 views for each post. Continue reading
At great risk to my mental health, I have extracted the relevant parts of the Party Manifestos. Here they are without comment. URLs for each manifesto is at the end; address of my psychiatrist available on request. Continue reading
The High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland recently held that Facebook Ireland misused the private information of a convicted sex offender posted on a Facebook page. This is an interesting little case as it deals with the issue of adequate notice in respect of web-hosting immunity available under the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 (“the 2002 Regulations”). Continue reading
Amid the sustained press attacks on Operation Elveden and on the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in relation to the prosecution of journalists on charges arising out of payments to public officials, it is worth remembering four basic points. Continue reading
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