On 11 July 2023, on the News Agents podcast, broadcaster Jon Sopel asked whether The Sun could be facing “the mother of all libel claims” for publishing allegations against a then unnamed BBC presenter. On 13 July 2023, Vicky Flind confirmed that her husband Huw Edwards was the broadcaster in question. Continue reading
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Right now, the spectacle of the entire UK mainstream media going mad over the BBC presenter story, as they did for five whole days, looks about as squalid and as monstrous as it could possibly be. Continue reading
One day, IPSO the glove puppet will tell the truth about An Industry Talking B******s about its commitment to high editorial standards. But not today. Today, IPSO will say its decision to hold The Sun accountable for ‘a serious breach of the Editor’s Code of Practice’ (Lord Faulk’s words) demonstrates that it is the tough regulator it has claimed to be since its inception in 2014; that it can force newspaper editors to publish prominent adverse adjudications ‘whether they like it or not.’ Today, IPSO will say, it has shown the Press Recognition Panel was wrong to claim it is nothing more than the trade’s complaints handling service. Continue reading
IPSO, the sham ‘self-regulator’ operated by the big press companies, has finally – after six-and-a-half months – made a ruling on Jeremy Clarkson’s article in the Sun attacking Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, which prompted an unprecedented 25,100 complaints. Continue reading
On 8 and 9 December 2021 the settlement of a 15 phone hacking claims against News Group Newspapers were announced. A series of statements in open court were read before Fancourt J, culminating in a high profile and hard hitting unilateral statement in open court by Sienna Miller. Continue reading
On 10 June 2021 a unilateral statement in open court was read in the case of Sir Simon Hughes v News Group Newspapers. This recorded that News Group had agreed to pay substantial damages to settle a claim for unlawful information gathering against The Sun. Continue reading
In a judgment handed down on 25 March 2021 ([2021] EWCA Civ 423 [pdf]), the Court of Appeal (Underhill and Dingemans LJJ) refused Johnny Depp’s application for permission to appeal against Mr Justice Nicol’s dismissal of his libel claim against the Sun. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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.’ Continue reading
When Ben Stokes celebrated his part in the England cricket team’s World Cup triumph, followed by his incredible match-winning innings during the Ashes, dubbed the “greatest ever”, he could not have anticipated that heightened interest in him would lead to the later unwelcome unearthing of an old family secret. Continue reading
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