Danielle Hindley is a chatty beautician aged 34 who lives in the former mining village of Kippax, near Leeds. In her 20s, she went through a disastrous marriage that left her single, broke and with a baby, but she worked her way back, building up a nice little business in her home while raising her son. Read the rest of this entry »
Caroline Flack: The Dark Side of the Sun – Brian Cathcart
17 02 2020
In tabloid newsrooms today there were three priorities – one, look sad about Caroline Flack, two, shift the blame for her death elsewhere, and three, find another victim. Read the rest of this entry »
Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Brian Cathcart, Byline Investigates, Caroline Flack, The Sun
Categories : Journalism, Media Regulation
Manchester United, the Sun and that complaint to the “press regulator” IPSO – Brian Cathcart
11 02 2020
Complaining to IPSO, the fake ‘regulator’ operated by the big newspaper companies, is almost always a waste of time, first because the dice are loaded against complainants and second because, even if you win and your complaint is upheld, IPSO has no power to deliver a meaningful remedy. Read the rest of this entry »
Comments : 1 Comment »
Tags: Brian Cathcart, IPSO, Manchester United, Sun
Categories : Media Regulation
The Cairncross Review: It was a con – Brian Cathcart
28 01 2020
Why has the government binned the key recommendation of its own report on the future of journalism? Because it was only ever meant as a distraction. Read the rest of this entry »
Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Brian Cathcart, Cairncross Review, Media Regulation
Categories : Journalism, Media
For British Muslims the outlook for 2020 is continuing racist abuse from the press – Brian Cathcart
9 01 2020
‘I speak for myself,’ the outgoing IPSO boss Sir Alan Moses told the Financial Times, ‘but I have a suspicion that [Muslims] are from time to time written about in a way that [newspapers] would simply not write about Jews or Roman Catholics.’Comments : 1 Comment »
Tags: Brian Cathcart, Byline
Categories : Journalism, Media Regulation
Meghan and the Car Park: Anatomy of a Royal News “Story” – Brian Cathcart
25 10 2019
On 12 April this year the front page headline of the Sun was ‘NOT IN MEG BACK YARD’. The report began: ‘Prince Harry and Meghan have infuriated Royal Household staff at Windsor by banning them from using a car park — because it overlooks their new home.’ Read the rest of this entry »
Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Brian Cathcart, IPSO, Prince Harry, The Sun
Categories : Journalism, Media Regulation
David Cameron was in Bed with the Press: Why is he Airbrushing Out his History as a Media Puppet? – Brian Cathcart
11 10 2019
David Cameron’s opening pitch in the ‘Leveson’ chapter of his autobiography is that, when he took over as leader of the Conservative party in 2005, he wanted “an arm’s-length approach to the press” – the underlying message being that he was no eager puppet of newspaper proprietors. Read the rest of this entry »
Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Brian Cathcart, Byline Times, David Cameron
Categories : Leveson Inquiry, Media, Media Regulation
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Standing Up to the British Media Protects Us All from Press Abuse – Brian Cathcart
5 10 2019
The victims of press abuses are usually ordinary people, not famous ones, and those ordinary people are usually powerless. That is why, when the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, sues the Mail on Sunday, and her husband Prince Harry complains of a campaign of fabrications against her, it matters to everyone. Read the rest of this entry »
Comments : 1 Comment »
Tags: Brian Cathcart, Prince Harry
Categories : Journalism, Media Regulation
So why is Prince Harry attacking the press again? – Brian Cathcart
2 10 2019
Why is Prince Harry attacking the press again? According to Sky News’s royal correspondent Rhiannon Mills, it would appear he’s lost his mind. Read the rest of this entry »
Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Brian Cathcart, Prince Harry
Categories : Media, Privacy
IPSO gets a new chair, a former Tory Minister – Brian Cathcart
3 08 2019
The corporate papers demonstrate yet again that they are happy for politicians to have a role in press regulation – so long as they’re from the right party.Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Brian Cathcart, IPSO, Lord Faulks
Categories : Journalism, Media Regulation
