The reminder that the Hillsborough inquiry gave us of the appalling role that The Sun played in the trauma and heartbreak of the families of the victims is a good moment to remember that it is (amongst other Fleet St Goliaths) The Sun that insists that it be permitted to regulate itself. Read the rest of this entry »
Leveson Report showed only the tip of the iceberg on tabloid abuse of the press – Jonathan Coad
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Tags: Hillsborough, International Business Times, Jonathan Coad, Sun
Categories : Leveson Inquiry, Media, Media Regulation
Finally, the truth about Hillsborough (but you won’t read it on the front of The Sun) – John Jewell
30 04 2016
As Jared Ficklin wrote here, the verdicts returned at the inquest into the Hillsborough disaster of 1989 completely vindicate the 27-year campaign for justice resolutely undertaken by the families of the 96 who died. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Hillsborough, Sun
Categories : Journalism, Media
The Sun, Rebekah Brooks and a Rampage of Unethical Conduct – Brian Cathcart
29 04 2016
That was a bad week for the Sun. First the Hillsborough verdict removed the last shred of doubt that the paper’s infamous ‘The Truth’ front page report on the disaster was entirely untrue. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brian Cathcart, Hillsborough, Sun
Categories : Journalism, Legal, Leveson Inquiry, Media Regulation, Phone Hacking
The Sun’s celebrity threesome injunction: The triumph of power over the law – Jonathan Coad
23 04 2016
One of the least reliable places to learn about media law is from the media because of its obvious partisan perspective. There are exceptions such as the BBC, ITN, Sky News and other broadcast outlets. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Jonathan Coad, Mail, PJS, Sun
Categories : Injunction, Privacy
‘The Sun’ Misleads the Nation on Its Front Page About the Queen’s Views on the EU Referendum – Jonathan Coad
11 03 2016
Labelled “EXCLUSIVE: BOMBSHELL CLAIM OVER EUROPE VOTE” the Sun in letters more than 6cm high exclaims: “QUEEN BACKS BREXIT”. This startling revelation is then followed by the Sun sub-heading “EU going in wrong direction, she says”. The Sun is however guilty of a grotesque deception not only of its own readers but of millions who have not bought the paper or visited its website. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Corrections, Huffington Post, IPSO, Jonathan Coad, Sun
Categories : Journalism, Media Regulation
How the fearmongering “Sun” distorts its polls – Steven Barnett
24 11 2015
Yesterday’s front page headline in the Sun covers almost the entire page. Accompanied by a chilling photo of a knife-wielding “Jihadi John” in black balaclava, it proclaims “1 IN 5 BRIT MUSLIMS’ SYMPATHY FOR JIHADIS”. It is a lie. Even worse, it is a shameful distortion of its own polling data, consciously designed to fuel terror and distrust of Muslims. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Huffington Post, Steven Barnett, Sun
Categories : Journalism, Media
Life and Death in the Sun Newsroom – Martin Hickman
29 10 2015
Fleet Street is a closed world. National newspapers shape debate, make or break careers and alter the course of corporations and governments, but their newsrooms remain barred to outsiders. The news is public; how it is made is private. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Martin Hickman, openDemocracyUK, Sun
Categories : Journalism, Media
“Their Royal Heilnesses”: the Sun, the Royal Family, Public Interest and Freedom of Information
20 07 2015
On 18 July 2015, the Sun ran a front page “exclusive” showing a picture of the Queen (aged about 7 or 8) and the Queen Mother doing Nazi Salutes. In the background can be seen the then Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII. The pictures were extracted from a short piece of film – apparently taken in 1933 or 1934 by the future George VI – from the royal family’s archives. The footage was also made available by the Sun. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Public Interest, Royal Family, Sun, Transparency
Categories : Freedom of Information, Privacy
News: Operation Elveden, Sun journalist Anthony France convicted of aiding and abetting misconduct in public office [Updated]
23 05 2015
Sun crime reporter, Anthony France, has been convicted of aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office. Mr France had paid PC Timothy Edwards a total of £22,000 for 42 stories over a period of 3 years. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Anthony France, Misconduct in Public Office, Operation Elveden, Sun
Categories : Journalism, Legal
Journalists and the courts: where the Sun and its friends are wrong – Brian Cathcart
20 04 2015
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. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: CPS, Operation Elveden, Sun
Categories : Journalism, Legal
