Category Archives: PCC

The PCC is a joke

October 15, 2011 – 12:23 pm

This week Paul Dacre went on the attack at the Leveson inquiry by defending the PCC against what he called ‘myths’. One such myth he wanted to tackle was that the PCC was a toothless regulator because they could not issue sanctions against newspapers for wrongdoing. Dacre argued – as he has before – that [...]

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‘obtained from a news agency in good faith’

September 20, 2011 – 8:29 pm

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 were [...]

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Crime and _________?

July 15, 2011 – 2:16 pm

One of the things that has always struck me about the Press Complaints Commission is that it rarely seems able to punish newspapers even when they make serious errors – or worse they are caught out deliberately lying. Very often this means that the only way a member of the public can feel like any [...]

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Is the Press Complaints Commission corrupt as well as useless?

July 12, 2011 – 8:25 pm

The Press Complaints Commission are absolutely certain that they are an effective regulator and recently released an incredibly rose-tinted statement about how their ‘important work’ will go on and that: Members of the public will still come to us for help, and our staff will offer it to them. Intrusions will be prevented and inaccuracies [...]

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The Wriggling Begins

July 10, 2011 – 11:49 pm

The News of the World has just published its last ever edition after an increasing number of revelations / allegations over the tactic of phone hacking and the expectation that worse behaviour is yet to be revealed. The story is so big and the behaviour of the NOTW so outrageous that the newspaper industry has [...]

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