What is the Murdoch test for shutting down a newspaper?
Alex Hern looks at what the differences are between the NotW in 2011 and the Sun in 2012, and asks why Murdoch shut down one and not the other.
Media Integrity
“One of the finest foreign correspondents of her generation” – Marie Colvin, 1956-2012
Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin was killed today in the Syrian city of Homs, alongside French photographer Rémi Ochlik. She was just 55 years old.
Murdoch arrives in London to try and save the Sun from itself
Alex Hern covers the arrival at Wapping by Rupert Murdoch, as he tries to save the Sun from itself
Daily Mail 2009: Ratings agencies ‘critical’, 2012: ‘Doom-mongers’
Alex Hern looks at some classic Daily Mail hypocrisy
Dacre recalled to Leveson over Grant ‘mendacious’ claim
Alex Hern reports on the outcome of Mail editor Paul Dacre’s testimony to the Leveson inquiry, which has resulted in him being called back to a second hearing.
“Free Pale*****”: BBC tries to settle censorship row
Alex Hern reports on the BBC Trust’s assessment of the validity of BBC 1Xtra’s censorship of the phrase “Free Palestine”.
“She calls her town a ‘s***hole'”: Irish newspaper smears Polish migrants
Alex Hern covers the ballsy attempt by the Irish Independent to smear a pair of Polish migrants by mistranslating an article that was freely available for all to check
Sunday Times stoop to new low with poll asking if Ed Miliband is “too ugly”
Sunday Times stoop to new low with poll asking if Ed Miliband is “too ugly”. Disappointing for his detractors, only one in ten agreed with the idea.
Express owner: ‘Mail is Britain’s worst enemy’
Alex Hern reports on Richard “Dirty” Desmond’s testimony at the Leveson enquiry.
Express editor: We left PCC because it failed to stop us lying
Daily Express editor Hugh Whittow today told the Leveson Inquiry the paper withdrew from the PCC because it failed to stop them publishing defamatory material about the McCanns.