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.
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.
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.
The Leveson Inquiry takes a break today, at the end of a week in which celebrities and ordinary people have testified to the abhorrence of the tabloid press.
Alex Hern reports on the remarkable degree to which every tabloid manages to avoid reporting on its own implication in the phone hacking scandal.
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.
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.