An important test of sincerity confronts the editors of the Guardian, the Financial Times, the Daily Mirror, Huffington Post and others in the news media who last week distanced themselves from claims by the Society of Editors – an industry body which describes itself as “protecting the freedom of the news media” – that the press is free of racism. Continue reading
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If the Daily Mail and its press allies are in a froth of hysterical fury about Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, that may have something to do with the way she continues to humiliate the publishers of the Mail in court. Continue reading
“Why don’t you kill yourself?” “Better go into hiding”. “I’d pop her on a bonfire”. “We need to get rid of these people”. “Shut her up”. “People like this needs a proper slap – enough to clatter the teeth”. “Years ago she would have been burned at the stake”. “This needs to stop – and forcefully if necessary”. “Bring back hanging”. “How about a trip to the gulag?” “Looks J’ish to me”. “Noose”. Continue reading
The big British newspapers, and especially the papers of the Mail group, want control. They want to make people behave in ways of which they approve and they will stop at nothing to ensure they do. Continue reading
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, will learn within weeks whether she will have a quick victory in her privacy and copyright case against the Mail on Sunday newspaper or whether it will go to full trial in London in the autumn. Continue reading
As it approaches an important round in its case against the Duchess of Sussex, the legal department of of Associated Newspapers, owner of the Daily Mail, has been going through a bumpy spell. Take a look. Continue reading
In six years, IPSO, the complaints body of the corporate press, has received approaching 20,000 complaints about articles that people considered discriminatory – and of those it has upheld only one. Editors have now reviewed this state of affairs and have concluded that it suits them fine. Continue reading
When the Telegraph encourages us to believe that we have a problem with people arriving from Pakistan and spreading COVID-19, we know what it is up to. The lead item on the Telegraph news site on 26 June announced: ‘Exclusive: Half of UK’s imported COVID-19 infections are from Pakistan’. Continue reading
You really have to laugh. And at the same time you have to wonder whether, with this, the UK corporate press has finally achieved Peak Denial. Because the COVID-19 pandemic has brought a sharp acceleration in the decline of print newspaper sales, they have decided that they no longer have to tell the public how many – or rather how few – copies they are selling. Continue reading
The whole affair could hardly be more sleazy and murky, but the truth is now clear: the Government is giving tens of millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money to the corporate press, including the Daily Mail and the Sun. Continue reading
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