The chief investigative reporter of the Times newspaper, Andrew Norfolk, has published another article displaying his inability to adhere to basic journalistic standards. Read the rest of this entry »
Facebook backs the wrong horse in UK local journalism – Brian Cathcart
24 11 2018
Facebook has announced it will donate £4.5m to pay for training, salaries and expenses for 80 people who will be placed with five existing local and regional news organisations in the UK for two years. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brian Cathcart, Byline.com, Facebook
Categories : Journalism
Coming tomorrow: a new subsidy for our corrupt press? – Brian Cathcart
28 10 2018
A likely Budget cut in VAT on online publications will be presented as a boost for journalism. In reality it is a bung for the pro-Tory billionaires behind the Mail, the Sun and the Telegraph. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brian Cathcart, Byline.com, VAT
Categories : Government and Policy, Journalism
IPSO: The Toothless Puppet Rolls over for its masters (again) – Brian Cathcart
26 10 2018
‘We order you to print this correction on page 2,’ said IPSO. ‘We’d rather not,’ replied the Mail on Sunday. ‘Oh dear,’ said IPSO, ‘in that case page 8 will do.’ Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brian Cathcart, Byline.com, Front page corrections, IPSO
Categories : Media Regulation
“Muslim fostering”: Times journalism utterly discredited – Brian Cathcart
8 09 2018
It has taken more than six months, but the final judgment in what the Times portrayed as the Tower Hamlets ‘Muslim fostering’ case has finally been released in summary form [pdf] and it is devastating for the newspaper and its chief investigative reporter, Andrew Norfolk.Comments : 4 Comments »
Tags: Brian Cathcart, The Conversation, The Times
Categories : Journalism, Media Regulation
Sam Allardyce, the Telegraph and another IPSO Failure – Brian Cathcart
3 09 2018
Read the press and you’d think the sting had been vindicated. Cut through IPSO’s tangled prose, however, and you find the truth is otherwise. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Media Regulation
If you don’t want the Daily Mail and the Sun receive public subsidies you need to say so now – Brian Cathcart
29 08 2018
It hasn’t had much publicity, but a government process is under way whose aim is to pave the way for the delivery of public subsidies to the Daily Mail, the Sun, the Mirror and the rest of the national and corporate press. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Government and Policy, Journalism
The press and Sir Cliff, they have no idea – Brian Cathcart
26 07 2018
One of the marvels of the modern national press is its limited self-awareness. Here’s a small example: among all the pieties uttered about press freedom after the Sir Cliff Richard judgment (there is a helpful selection here), it never occurred to any editor to declare an interest. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Freedom of expression, Privacy
IPSO: a dose of reality for Matt Hancock – Brian Cathcart
28 06 2018
‘Even a cursory consideration shows it does not meet the requirements,’ says the Press Recognition Panel – after the Culture Secretary told us IPSO was just greatMatt Hancock, the Culture Secretary, is an outspoken fan of IPSO, the sham ‘regulator’ operated by the government’s allies in the corporate press. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brian Cathcart, Byline.com, IPSO, Matt Hancock, PRP
Categories : Leveson Inquiry, Media Regulation
Matt Hancock makes himself “state approver” of press arbitration – Brian Cathcart
23 05 2018
A week ago the corporate papers were screaming blue murder about threats of state control. Yet now the government has given itself a real power over them they are silent.Comments : 2 Comments »
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Categories : Journalism, Media Regulation
