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The Case for Regulation
Read more: The Case for RegulationMembers of UK official press regulator IMPRESS answer criticism that state-backed regulation could undermine a “vibrant local press” Last week, I blogged about IMPRESS, which recently gained recognition as the first official press regulatory body in the UK. The decision was made by the Press Recognition Panel (PRP), the government-funded body set up in the wake of the…
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UnIMPRESSed
Read more: UnIMPRESSedTwo publications are no longer seeking membership with UK state-backed press regulator IMPRESS, with another on the fence This week, it was announced that IMPRESS, a UK press regulator funded by motor racing tycoon Max Mosley, has gained recognition as a state-backed media watchdog. The decision was made by the Press Recognition Panel (PRP), the…
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The Tyranny of Values
Read more: The Tyranny of ValuesDowning Street used misleading data from “right-wing think tank” to “name and shame” universities that host “extremist” speakers, newly released e-mails show Late last year, Downing Street unveiled its updated Prevent strategy, requiring universities and colleges to “stop extremists radicalising students on campuses.” Citing work by Whitehall’s Extremism Analysis Unit (EAU), Downing Street claimed that…
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Unblurred Lines II
Read more: Unblurred Lines IIThe Daily Telegraph publishes Page 2 clarification based on my corrections request re: Crown Prosecution Service’s skewed statistics on rape Last month, I blogged about how the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) exaggerated the 2015-16 rape conviction rate. Via a press release, the CPS claimed that it was “convicting more cases of rape…than ever before,” with “a rise…
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Shadows of Denial
Read more: Shadows of DenialProminent nutritionist Dr. David Katz rails against the anti-vax movement in latest Huff Post column — why then does he associate with “cult-like” anti-vaxxers? Via “Flu, Light, And Truth: FLUx et Veritas,” by Dr. David L. Katz, The Huffington Post, October 7, 2016: This is just the right time for an annual booster of light and truth…
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Faux News
Read more: Faux NewsFox News pundit Monica Crowley “incorrectly labeled the Bullsh**ter of the Day” – Salon publishes my corrections request re: snarky takedown column Via Salon’s “Bullsh**ter of the Day” column yesterday, staff writer Mireia Triguero Roura took aim at Fox News pundit Monica Crowley. The target of Roura’s ire was an October 5 tweet in which Crowley,…
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BBC News-bait
Read more: BBC News-baitBBC Newsbeat aimed “to provoke conversation” with tweet about Ukrainian prankster Vitalii Sediuk’s alleged sexual assault of reality TV star Kim Kardashian Last week, BBC Newsbeat – the flagship news programme on BBC Radio 1 – tweeted the following apparently rhetorical question regarding Ukrainian “prankster” Vitalii Sediuk’s alleged sexual assault of US television personality Kim Kardashian: Newsbeat was roundly criticized for using “clickbait rhetorical…
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Unfurnished
Read more: UnfurnishedAward-winning reporter Tristin Hopper says The National Post geo-blocked his article about UK celebrity injunction after being contacted by internationally renowned law firm Fasken Martineau Last month, I blogged about efforts by David Furnish—husband of pop singer Elton John—to censor journalists and Internet users from reporting or discussing his alleged extra-marital affair with another married couple. Furnish…
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