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Contribution to the Cairncross Review

Posted on October 4, 2018 by MediaWise Admin

The Cairncross Review was set up in 2018 to investigate the sustainability of high-quality journalism in the UK. It will look into:     The overall state of the news media market.     Threats to financial sustainability.     The role and … Continue reading →

Posted in Press Freedom, Public interest, Regulation

Transparency is in the public interest

Posted on May 22, 2015 by MediaWise Admin

22 May 2015 – The massive Mirror payouts for invasions of privacy in pursuit of headlines and the bottom line will not be the end of the scandals that have beset the British press in recent years. We can expect … Continue reading →

Posted in IPSO, PCC, Press Freedom, Privacy, Public interest, Regulation

Public service broadcasting at the cross roads

Posted on February 26, 2015 by MediaWise Admin

26 February 2015 – The Culture, Media & Sport (CMS) Committee report on the ‘Future of the BBC’ begins with a back-handed compliment: “Over the last few years, at times, the BBC has been beset by mistakes of its own … Continue reading →

Posted in Ofcom, Public interest, Regulation

Who pays the piper?

Posted on February 23, 2015 by MediaWise Admin

23 February 2015 – Columnist Peter Oborne did us all a favour with his much publicised resignation from The Daily Telegraph over its supine approach to the HSBC bank scandals. His explanation drew attention to the increasingly problematic link between … Continue reading →

Posted in Press Freedom, Public interest

No one is censoring the media about suicide, we’re just asking for sensitivity

Posted on August 15, 2014 by MediaWise Admin

15 August 2014 – The death of much-loved improviser extraordinaire Robin Williams at his own hand seems to have given some newspapers a green light to “go off on one” – delving into his psyche with gay abandon, detailing the … Continue reading →

Posted in Public interest, Suicide

IPSO: It’s déjà vu all over again

Posted on June 1, 2014 by MediaWise Admin

1 June 2014 – ‘Give newspapers more time to put their houses in order.’ Sounds familiar? That was the plea of Labour’s Lord MacGregor, the then Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, in January 1992. He was responding to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Code, PCC, Public interest, Regulation

We need more transparency and accountability from the press (and as for reforming the PCC – what’s wrong with the Irish model?)

Posted on October 11, 2013 by MediaWise Admin

11 October 2013 – The MediaWise Trust has sent all Westminster MPs a copy of How fragile is media credibility? the final report of a 14-nation academic study of Media Accountability and Transparency in Europe and the Arab World which … Continue reading →

Posted in PCC, Press Freedom, Public interest, Regulation

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