Tories stir the pot on early election
There’s been a lot of chatter on the Internet today about an early election. But there is no basis in the rumours which are being encourage by the Tories.
Media Integrity
Lansley accused of using Palin’s “dangerous” tactics
Andrew Lansley has been accused by a leading US blogger of being “dangerous and dishonest” for attacking Labour with phrasing from the Sarah Palin school of politics.
Teen pregnancies fall but media cite “failure”
Teenage pregnancies have fallen to their lowest rate in over 20 years. But the media are painting the new figures as a Government “failure”.
Labour must be positive on immigration (and honest about the costs)
Labour ends its third term with one of the most comprehensive immigration control regimes in the world. Its rhetoric has shifted dramatically since 1997.
IPCC reform? We need PCC reform first
Without effective regulation through enforcement of legally binding standards by a genuinely independent body, a responsible media remains a distant prospect.
Not enough evidence to collar Coulson as report slams News of the World and “toothless” PCC
The parliamentary report into “Press standards, privacy and libel” has criticised the News of the World for “buying the silence” of a reporter and PI.
PCC to blame for “poisonous journalism”
Last week the PCC dismissed 25,000 complaints about a Jan Moir article. A leading academic has said the PCC and its Code is responsible for “poisonous journalism”
BBC vs. The newspaper industry – mobile edition
The Independent captured the wrath of the Newspaper Publishers Association following the BBC’s announcement of mobile applications at the Mobile World Congress.
Liddle won’t be Independent editor
Rod Liddle is no longer in the running for the Independent’s editorship. The decision is a significant victory for campaigners using social networking tools.
More Mail climate change misreporting
Today, the Mail continues in the same vein. They’ve published an article talking about the Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) being “utterly bonkers and misleading”.