Kelvin MacKenzie, the Daily Mail and press freedom
How Kelvin MacKenzie and the Daily Mail undermine the case for press freedom.
Media Integrity
Jeremy Clarkson: A ‘birther’ born yesterday
Dominic Browne on the annoying, unfunny Jeremy Clarkson – like Donald Trump, another believer in the President Barack Obama ‘birther’ conspiracy theory madness.
The Sun still does not shine in Liverpool
Kevin Meagher reports on the continuing antipathy between Liverpool fans and Rupert Murdoch’s Sun newspaper.
Daily Express indulges its EU madness. Again
When it comes to publishing ill-informed nonsense about the European Union, the Sun and the Daily Mail have always been tough to beat. But the Daily Express is giving them a good run for their money.
Former Murdoch hack gets the Grant-Prescott one-two
Former News of the World phone hacker Paul McMullan gets secretly taped then gets destroyed by John Prescott on last night’s 10 O’Clock Live.
Daily Mail is confused and misleading on legal aid
The Sound off for Justice campaign take apart a Daily Mail article on legal aid and cuts to the justice system.
Right wing press need to check facts before screaming at disabled
Sue Marsh reports on the Mail and Telegraph misreporting of disability benefits.
The Daily Mail, fascism and No2AV: A comedy of errors
Left Foot Forward’s Dominic Browne rebuts the latest Daily Mail/No2AV misreporting of electoral reform and the alternative vote referendum.
Toby Young is wrong about the cuts and wrong about the march
Writing on the Telegraph website yesterday, Toby Young accused the TUC of “a ceaseless barrage of propaganda” about the cuts. Nicola Smith explains why he is wrong.
Corp Tax cut cheerleaders WPP move headlines, not jobs to UK
It turns out that there’s less than meets the eye – for jobs and tax take – to WPP’s much trumpeted possible move to the UK following the annouced corp tax cut.