Category Archives: Churnalism

‘obtained from a news agency in good faith’

September 20, 2011 – 8:29 pm

Tweet From the Press Complaints Commission’s ‘resolved’ case list today: Jennifer Stevenson complained to the Press Complaints Commission that the newspaper’s coverage of a fatal horse riding accident was inaccurate. The complainant was among the first people at the scene and, contrary to what had been reported, there was no indication that the rider’s injuries [...]

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Daily Mail stealing photos again

September 3, 2011 – 12:33 pm

Tweet The Mail Online has covered a story about a Great White shark in San Diego swimming near surfers [FreezePage link]. The story includes 6 photographs and it seems as if the Mail Online has been guilty of using the photographs without seeking the permission of the person who took them. Luckily the photographer happened [...]

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Daily Mail still stealing online content

August 17, 2011 – 10:28 am

Tweet So, yesterday the Daily Mail shuts down istyosty.com for copyright infringement whilst claiming that they were entitled to recover all of the - in the words of the lawyers representing Associated Newspapers - ’ill-gotten profits’ made by istyosty.com as a result of caching Mail Online articles. As usual, the Daily Mail is being deeply hypocritical and relying – [...]

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Press reform: the challenge of addiction

July 6, 2011 – 11:41 pm

Tweet It’s becoming increasingly clear that a substantial section of our press is no longer serving to report the news, but rather functions as a full-blown arm of the entertainment industry. Accuracy, journalistic integrity and moral decency have been replaced by the overwhelming desire to sell as many newspapers and as much advertising space in [...]

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To churn, or not to churn

March 4, 2011 – 2:21 pm

Tweet Earlier in the week Ginsters – famous for pasties and pies – decided to get some cheap advertising by conducting a poll using Onepoll.com that they knew would appeal to the Churnalists out there. Naturally the poll is referred to in sombre tomes as a ‘study’ and it just happens to confirm the sort [...]

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