“Nothing wrong” with the PCC code, thinks the head of the PCC
Alex Hern covers the statements of Lord Hunt as he assumes leadership of the PCC, and questions whether he fully appreciates the problems the commission has.
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Mail and Telegraph race to see who can smear more disabled people
Declan Gaffney uncovers the Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph’s latest smearing of disabled people, and asks whether the DWP had anything to do with them.
A three step guide to writing a Simon Heffer column
Alex Hern runs over the “best” of Simon Heffer’s columns, and details how to write one yourself, so you don’t have to read his.
Mail and Telegraph plea for racist Tintin book even Hergé disowned
Why are the Mail and Telegraph so eager for a Tintin book – one Hergé himself disowned because of its racist content – to be moved to the children’s section.
The Mail’s rent-a-rev called for gays to be tattooed with health warnings
The Daily Mail’s rent-a-rev, Reverend Peter Mullen, who has attacked the St Paul’s Occupy London protests, called for gays to be tattooed with health warnings.
John Humphrys is wrong, wrong, wrong on social security; here’s why
Declan Gaffney explains why John Humphrys is wrong on social security and welfare reform, ahead of the presenter’s BBC2 documentary on “The Future State of Welfare”.
Coogan: “If the Daily Mail went to the wall tomorrow I’d be delighted”
Steve Coogan savaged the feral, gutter press on Newsnight last night – reserving his greatest scorn for the Daily Mail and the paper’s editor Paul Dacre.
Exposed: The Mail-inspired Dispatches hatchet job on Blair
Tonight’s Dispatches on Channel Four alleging financial impropriety against Tony Blair is a regurgitation of discredited Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday stories.
The Daily Mail’s poisonous lies must be fought by all trade unionists
Trade union official Rick Coyle writes about how the poisonous Daily Mail, in a story on him, inserted false quotes, using it to suit their political agenda.
Ex-Tory peer’s Pakistani/Bangladeshi smear ignores the evidence
Ex-Tory peer Baroness Flather’s assertion that Bangladeshi and Pakistani families have more children to chase benefits is baseless in evidence, reports Daniel Elton.