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Sleepy IPSO, Zombie PCC and the Neglected Public – Michelle Gribbon
On 8 September 2014, the discredited Press Complaints Commission (“PCC”) finally closed its doors and its successor – IPSO – was launched. The supposedly “new” regulator is based in the same office,...
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Sun Four Trial: Rebekah Brooks’ promises to PCC over Sun’s cash payments...
Reforms to the Sun’s system of cash payments pledged to the Press Complaints Commission by Rebekah Brooks “were never implemented,” the deputy editor of the newspaper has said. Geoffrey Webster, who is...
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IPSO: The Inconvenient Truth, Part Three – Jonathan Coad
In the final two parts of this post I examine why the efficacy of press regulation matters and how much. The short answer as to “why” is that we rely on the media to be our eyes and ears on what is...
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IPSO set up to fail even more dismally than its predecessor – Jonathan Coad
The PCC was belatedly consigned to the dustbin of history when it was finally so obvious that it was a failed regulator (as was always its purpose) that even the press finally had to admit it. From...
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Leveson Costs Incentives, Cries of Foul from the Dirtiest Players on the...
Howls of outrage from the press led by Lord Black have apparently persuaded the government to withdraw its statutory stick in the form the Crime and Courts Act 2013 which was passed by our elected...
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More spin from IPSO, Part 1 – Jonathan Coad
Sir Alan Moses has been propagandising again about the merits of IPSO, and in particular its alleged superiority over its predecessor, the Press Complaints Commission (“PCC”). He told the Guardian that...
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More spin from IPSO, Part 2 – Jonathan Coad
The irrefutable evidence that IPSO is and was always intended to be the same kind of sham regulators as its three un-illustrious predecessors emerges clearly from how it administers its primary remedy....
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History repeated as IPSO morphs into the PCC – Steven Barnett
Anyone reading last week’s newspaper editorials in newspapers such as the Mail or the Telegraph will know that our press is anxious. This week, the independent Press Recognition Panel – established by...
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