Why the PCC’s governance review was worthwhile
This is the first of a two part review of the PCC’s response to the governance review The Press Complaints Commission published its response to the governance review that it established in August 2009....
View ArticleMST response to Northern & Shell exit from the system of press self-regulation
After weeks of industry speculation, the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) confirmed today that Richard Desmond-owned Northern & Shell has stopped paying towards the system of press...
View ArticleNorthern and Shell departure won’t affect PCC budget
UPDATE: Guy Black, chairman of Press BoF has also replied to the MST’s questions. He confirmed: “The PressBof press release made clear that Northern and Shell’s decision will have no impact whatever...
View ArticleWhy the governance review won’t transform press self-regulation
This is the second of a two part review of the PCC’s response to the governance review. You can read the first part here. Most of what the PCC does goes unreported in newspapers. But surely if they...
View ArticleWill the PCC censure the Telegraph’s Lib Dem sting?
The PCC has confirmed that it is investigating the Telegraph’s sting operation of Lib Dem ministers. The newspaper, which sent two undercover reporters with a recording device to the ministers’...
View ArticleWhy does the PCC pretend it can do something about phone hacking?
The PCC released a statement this week saying that it was concerned about the new allegations of phone hacking and announcing the formation of a phone hacking working group ‘to consider the new...
View ArticleOpen letter to Baroness Buscombe regarding libel settlement
This is a copy of an open letter that was sent today, Friday 4th February 2011, to the Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission: Dear Baroness Buscombe, On Monday 29th November 2010 the Media...
View ArticlePCC guidance on digital corrections welcome
The Press Complaints Commission has published guidance to newspapers and magazines on how to handle corrections in their digital format. It follows the recommendations of a working group established by...
View ArticleLibel, Buscombe and the PCC: what’s going on?
On Friday it emerged that the PCC and its chair had paid £20,000 in damages to Mark Lewis as part of its libel settlement for comments made by the PCC Chair at the Society of Editors conference in...
View ArticlePCC needs better defence if it wants to inspire public confidence
The PCC has hit back at claims made by politicians that it lacks public confidence (‘PCC hits back at claims that public has lost confidence’, Press Gazette, 4th May 2011). Director Stephen Abell has...
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