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📷 Rebekah Brooks: From Media Powerhouse to Scandal at the Heart of British Journalism 📷
Rebekah Brooks rose to prominence as the youngest editor of News of the World and the first female editor of The Sun, shaping British tabloids during a defining era. Known for her powerful
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We now know that Huw Edwards was the BBC presenter on whom speculation has centred - and that no criminal act was involved. Whatever other allegations are made, let's remember there a real people - families, friends and the young person themselves - behind the tabloid sport of
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Outrageous that
@TheSun
now appears to be trying to claim they never suggested criminality in BBC presenter story - when they published this three days ago.
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@benstokes38
Ben we are so sorry to hear about this gross invasion of privacy. Contact the press complaints handler
@IpsoNews
. The article is likely to have breached the Editors' Code on several grounds including 'accuracy' and 'intrusion into grief/shock'. We can advise further if needed.
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A little reminder 📢
Just 72 hours after the General Election result was announced, Rupert Murdoch met Boris Johnson
And there were then 42 meetings held between Murdoch people and Johnson’s administration in his first six months
#RupertMurdoch
#Leveson2now
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Full comment on news R Murdoch stepping down:
“Rupert Murdoch presided over a company where widespread illegality occurred and was subsequently covered up. Every day, News UK’s unregulated newspaper publishers intrude on the lives of ordinary people and publish falsities with
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Exclusive: Hacked Off responds as Hugh Grant settles high court claim against
@TheSun
publisher🧵.
“The allegations of burglaries and theft which formed Mr Grant’s claim are devastating. Yet again, rather than see them tested in court, News UK have done everything to avoid
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Hacked Off question media blackout over Wootton allegations
Read now 👇🏻
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Quick guide to how the
@MailOnline
can write odiously misogynistic garbage, such as that directed at
@AngelaRayner
, and no one holds them to account.
Thread /9🧵
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The Daniel Morgan report found evidence News UK reporters interfered in a murder investigation on behalf of the suspects. It looks like
@PritiPatel
is willing to let those responsible off the hook. Add your name demanding Leveson Part Two now
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Add your name to the letter below today, calling for the Secretary of State to act on press misogyny by implementing independent press regulation to protect all victims of press abuse.
#MeghanMarkle
#HarryandMeghan
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Prince Harry v MGN: Today's findings should not be emerging in the context of a civil trial, so many years after allegations of phone hacking were first made.
They should instead have been investigated through the promised Public Inquiry, known as Leveson Part Two.
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Dean Stott, a friend of Prince Harry became the target of false allegations published by the Mail on Sunday.
He's now been vindicated. And today, his wife Alana Stott explains the impact this had on her family. Read Here
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It is appalling that it was pressure from tabloid newspapers which left Dele Alli feeling he had to come forward with personal information about his life before he was ready. No-one should have to reveal the things he did because they feared “exposure” from the press.
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'This case has the potential to expose a rotten culture at the core of the UKs most complained-about newspaper publisher'
In Prince Harry, the Mail's publishers have finally met their match - writes
@JulietShawComms
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Prince Harry's in the witness stand today because he CAN afford legal action. But for every well-resourced person affected by press intrusions, there's dozens who don't have funds to seek justice through the courts.
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Extraordinary that an Independent Panel found that evidence "strongly" suggested that News UK reporters deliberately sought to disrupt a murder investigation on behalf of the suspects - and Govt proposes no further investigation. Demand Leveson Pt 2 now:
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In Prince Harry, the Mail's publishers have finally met their match says Juliet Shaw.
Guest blog from
@JulietShawComms
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What happens when an industry becomes above the law? NEW SERIES coming next week - with
@defence_truth
and
@Avaaz
...
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Over five months after The Sun published an article detailing Jeremy Clarkson’s “dream” for Meghan Markle to be attacked in the street, a complaint against the newspaper has been upheld.
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"You are making people want to kill me. It's not just a tabloid. It is not just a story. You are making me scared...and you've created it for what, because you're bored or because it sells your papers?"
The impact of press abuse is horrific.
#HarryandMeganNetflix
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Not only was the Mail’s conduct immoral but the Judge has today confirmed that it was also illegal - Read our response to the summary judgment issued in Duchess of Sussex v The Mail. Link Here
#DuchessOfSussex
#MeghanMarkle
#MeghanAndHarry
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Daily Mail fail in bid to stop claims the newspaper illegally spied on Doreen Lawrence, Sir Elton John, Prince Harry & others
"This ruling is a significant blow to the Daily Mail & great news for anyone who wants the truth about allegations of illegal press practices to come
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"We all know what the British press can be like. And it was destroying my mental health. This is toxic."
Let's call this what it is: bullying.
#sussexsquad
#harryandmeghan
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BBC presenter story demonstrates the extraordinary power of the press to inflict harm against people.
An effective independent press regulator would now be launching an investigation into
@TheSun
This episode is further evidence that press standards have not improved since
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Today's judgement lays bare the extraordinary cover-up which has taken place at Mirror Group Newspapers over the last two decades
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Very sorry to hear this
@MarcusRashford
. Like much of the national press The Spectator is not properly regulated, but we can advise on making a complaint against any intrusion or innaccuracy nonetheless. Do let us know if we can assist
Just heard
@spectator
are planning to run a story on me tomorrow about how I have benefitted commercially in the last 18 months…To clarify, I don’t need to partner with brands. I partner because I want to progress the work I do off the pitch and…(1)
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Today the Mail has failed in its bid to throw out hacking claims - we look back at every time the newspaper has denied it
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9/ In summary:
Newspapers are marking their own homework
2.
@IPSONews
is a sham
3. This is damaging to the public
Angry? Become a Hacked Off supporter and help us change things:
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"The coverage of Harry and Meghan has been relentless, intrusive and in some cases illegal" - If you didn't catch Hacked Off board member
@MsEmma_Jones
on
@SkyNews
last week, you can watch the discussion in full here 👇
#HarryandMeghan
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Plenty of senior figures at The Sun could have stopped the publication of Clarkson’s column about Meghan Markle. None did.
This was allowed to be published because the press is not properly regulated.
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“This is a David versus Goliath situation, the David’s are the claimants, and The Goliath is this vast media enterprise. I’m trying to get justice for everybody” - Prince Harry Tabloids on Trial. Write to the Government now, to call for Leveson Part Two:
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'It is now for the police to pursue charges of perjury against any senior employees or ex-employees at the publisher who misled the first part of the Leveson Inquiry in their denials of knowledge of phone hacking'
Comment: Prince Harry settlement with MGN over outstanding claims
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Disgusting comments last night & GB News have done the bare minimum by suspending presenter & investigating. But the bare minimum is more than The Sun managed after publishing attack on Meghan Markle last year. The difference is that GB News is regulated. Ultimately they are
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Leveson Part Two is the
#LineofDuty
storyline we are living in: of political corruption, press criminality and political complicity. Demand answers. Learn more and write to your MP now:
#Leveson2Now
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Yes,
@thetimes
totally misses the point.
@HackedOffHugh
made clear it is not about the financial outcome. It is about seeing
@TheSun
face accountability at trial over the most serious allegations of illegality.
The Times has run a highly misleading piece about Hugh Grant's case against its sister paper. Grant's point was that he could not get a judge to rule on The Sun's abysmal conduct without risking £10m. *Nothing* in this piece contradicts that point.
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Leveson Part Two, was the promised public inquiry, which was cancelled by the Conservative government as a sop to the press. Only such an inquiry is capable of getting to the bottom of this scandal once and for all.
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The fact that most newspapers, including
@TheSun
, are not independently regulated means they can publish almost anything without accountability.
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If we ever discover that the same kinds of illegality and abuses took place at the Sun as the The News of the World, politicians who sought to ingratiate themselves with the Murdoch papers may come to regret their association.”
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In a general election year, this should be a warning to politicians.
For decades the endorsement of Murdoch's papers has been seen as an electoral prize, with politicians going to huge lengths to secure his support.
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Today's judgement is a credit to the courage of the individuals who have brought these claims, in particular Prince Harry and the other lead claimants, and the bravery of the whistle-blowers who testified.
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Daily Mail fail in bid to stop claims the newspaper illegally spied on Doreen Lawrence, Sir Elton John, Prince Harry and others
"The Daily Mail’s argument, that the claimants should have disbelieved the newspaper’s aggressive protestations of innocence and brought claims sooner,
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In Johnson's first 6 months in office, the Govt:
- Met with Murdoch's people 42 times
- 3 meetings between the Govt and Murdoch himself
- Jut 72 hours after the General Election result was announced, Murdoch and Boris met
Read full report here 👇👇
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Website frontpage of the
@MailOnline
does not appear to include coverage of hearing on hacking & other claims against the publisher today. But they do have prominent stories on a popstar wearing a bikini and an actress' "wardrobe malfunction". Public interest journalism clearly
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Why - In Prince Harry, The tabloid press have finally met their match👇
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Increasingly, that support is looking like an electoral liability with unregulated newspapers desperate to avoid court scrutiny over very serious allegations, and ordinary people left vulnerable to their abuses of power.
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The Govt have drafted new laws to tackle hate online, but after press lobbying they've created an exemption for newspaper comment sections. We know comment sections host racism and vile personal abuse - yet the Govt is refusing to address the problem.
I obviously can't say who they are. But in the last year I've tried to talk two relatively well known people out of taking their life. The reason for both their crises was the same: online abuse in newspaper comment sections and here. People don't see it as a health issue yet.
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After years of denials that phone hacking occurred at the Daily Mail, today a series of claims have been lodged against the paper’s publisher. Baroness Doreen Lawrence and Prince Harry are among the list of claimants.
Here’s the full story | Listen NOW
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#HarryandMeghan
have been expected to put up with whatever racist, false or otherwise abusive coverage comes their way. In refusing to accept this abusive reporting as an inevitably of the role, they have shown that there is another way.
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Last year, The Met Police finally admitted that officers who had interviewed a survivor of a sexual assault had then handed details of her ordeal to a national newspaper.
The woman at the centre of the case has bravely come forward to tell her story:
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#WatchNow
Private Investigator Daniel Morgan was reportedly set to expose police corruption in 1987. But before he could do so, he was murdered. Now, over 30 years later, an independent panel is due to publish a report on his death. Here's what we know so far:
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Read our research report on the media blackout following allegations against Dan Wootton👇🏻
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Opinion: attaching Black names to racist ghost-written articles is a major media scandal
@LesterJHolloway
@TheVoiceNews
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The findings of our three-year investigation reveal how the absence of effective press regulation is a boon for White Supremacist communities online. Read our report here 👇
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.
@George_Osborne
you reportedly dismiss claims the Eve Standard (& other national newspapers) received a "press bung" dressed up as COVID relief as "nonsense". For transparency, will you confirm how much public money the ES received through the deal?
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Leveson Part Two was the Inquiry designed to get to the bottom of police corruption in relation to the press.
The public supported the Inquiry.
But the press, the police and the Government feared it - and in 2018 the Government cancelled it.
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Will the hacking scandal bring down the Daily Mail?
The allegations against Associated Newspapers are “immense” - media lawyer Jonathan Coad
Watch our latest series, Above the law?
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Opinion: Prince Harry litigation makes even stronger case for Leveson part two
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Seeing abuse, lies and falsehoods published about you and your loved ones in the press almost every day and to live in constant fear of intrusion and betrayal:
This is press cruelty on a grand scale, and it can happen to anyone.
#HarryandMeghanonOprah
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Daily Mail hacking allegations: timeline
2012, 16, 17: Govt repeatedly warned of serious allegations.
2018: Mail lobbies Govt to cancel Leveson pt2. Govt drops it.
2018-22: Mail fiercely partisan in coverage, backs Govt.
2022: claims filed alleging Mail hacking. Silence from Govt
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BBC Business Editor Simon Jack investigates why the Government capitulated to rich press barons and closed down the Leveson inquiry in this fantastic documentary ‘The Press, the Police, the Politicians and Their Public’.
Listen and share here:
#Leveson2
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Reports that Clarkson is no longer to host "Millionaire" after his
@TheSun
column which targeted Meghan Markle.
Where are the consequences for The Sun? Which:
- Edited the article
- Published the article
- Profited from the article
??
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Meghan’s treatment shows how harmful racist & abusive press coverage can be.
So we are calling on
@IpsoNews
& the papers which control it, to start taking racism seriously and outlaw group discrimination in IPSO’s standards code
#HarryandMeganNetflix
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- Huge hacking and other cases currently facing The Sun, Daily Mail
- Allegation Murdoch papers spied on sitting PM
- Prospect of new criminal investigations
... And the Govt, in a desperate bid to retain press support, continue to block Leveson 2.
Pathetic. And corrupt.
Exclusive: former prime minister Gordon Brown has written to the Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley calling for a second criminal phone-hacking investigation into News Group Newspapers, namely into the alleged “destruction of evidence by the organisation and the cover up that
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Daily Mail fail in bid to stop claims the newspaper illegally spied on Doreen Lawrence, Sir Elton John, Prince Harry and others
Comment from Hugh Grant:
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Those of us unfortunate enough to have been entangled with Mail titles know that it’s part of
their modus operandi to repeatedly deny wrongdoing until the claimant gives up, writes
@JulietShawComms
Read Now
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A week after Prince Harry wins another ruling against the tabloid press, we look back at why the Mail's publishers have finally met their match👇👇
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Personal attacks? Libels? Unlawful invasions of privacy? Just keep quiet and get on with it.
Harry & Meghan aren’t hypocrites. All they did was fight back
#sussexsquad
#HarryandMeghanonOprah
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Hi
@FraserNelson
. Your article refers to Leveson as "Government regulation". Not true - all politicians are banned from the Leveson system. Yet your publication is in
@IpsoNews
, a complaints handler controlled by the press and chaired by a [checks notes] politician. With a
Labour is gearing up to impose state regulation of the press.
My column on a grave threat to an ancient liberty:-
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So
@TheSun
spends years arguing independent press regulation - to protect the public - is a threat to newspapers' ability to hold power to account (without evidence). Now appears they knew politicians were partying at peak of lockdown and failed to expose it.
#leveson2now
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Wanting to keep some parts of your life private while sharing other parts is not hypocritical. What’s hypocritical is papers claiming to report in the public interest when all they are really doing is trying to maximise profit
#HarryandMeghanonOprah
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Did Dean Stott's long-standing friendship with Prince Harry lead him to become a target of press abuse? Dean's wife, Alana Stott shares with us the real impact of press attacks. Read Here
#EndPressAbuse
#HarryandMeghan
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.
@thesun
can call for a woman to be pelted with “excrement” and “parade[d] naked” through the streets, without consequence. Here is why 🧵
#MeghanMarkIe
#HarryandMeghan
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What
@IpsoNews
calls a front-page adjudication. Can't see it? It's the small line of text underneath the stories, adverts, and woman in swimsuit.
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We are calling for the Secretary of State to act on press misogyny by implementing independent press regulation to protect ALL victims of press abuse
Sign your name and help us spread the word
#JeremyClarkson
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6/ If a complainant perseveres, the complaint is considered by a committee sure to rule impartially, which includes… an ex-Telegraph exec, an ex Mail editor and two ex Mirror editors. They have never upheld a complaint of homophobia, sexism or racism in 8 years…
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We now know for a fact that the Deputy Editor of The Sun attended a lockdown party organised by No 10 but his newspaper did not report on it.
Politicians and the press are too close.
Add your name - demand an investigation.
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Today’s finding against
@TheSun
requires no meaningful sanction and delivers no real consequence for the newspaper or the editor who published a grossly misogynistic article.
Any tough regulator would now launch a standards investigation into the newspaper.
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“This isn’t only about phone hacking- there were microphones & trackers dropped in my car; all stolen and blagged.”- Hugh Grant. Tabloids on Trial. Write to the Government now, to call for Leveson Part Two:
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Doreen Lawrence’s deep sense of betrayal over alleged Mail hacking speaks to the lasting and intangible impacts of press intrusion
#princeharry
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Meghan, like everybody else, has a right to basic standards of privacy and for reporting about her to reflect the truth, yet elements of the press have callously disregarded these rights in pursuit of sensational headlines.
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"The Govt risks humiliation if it continues to outsource its media policy to the Daily Mail, which now faces lengthy court battles over allegations of illegal spying – not just hacking phones but bugging cars and listening in to private conversations" says
@HackedOffHugh
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"The Sun specialised in illegally blagging medical records, itemised phone bills and travel data, which enabled reporters to covertly track targets across the globe."
The Sun will NEVER change without
#Leveson2
& proper, genuine regulation.
#dontbuythesun
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@benstokes38
@IpsoNews
We can also put you in touch with legal remedy. There is definitely no public interest justification for this. Sadly
@IpsoNews
is very much controlled by the industry it is supposed to regulate and a measly correction, if any, is likely.
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We're calling for an investigation into
@TheSun
Because those responsible for publishing an article detailing Jeremy Clarkson’s ‘dream’ for Meghan Markle to be attacked in the street have not yet faced any regulatory sanction at all.
add your name
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3/
@IPSONews
is controlled by the press and run by a politician. Most people who (sincerely) support press freedom would never support a press complaints-handler run by a politician. But the national press don’t seem to mind…
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At Leveson,
@HackedOffHugh
said he believed
@MailOnline
may have hacked his phone. The Mail called this a "mendacious smear" and accused him of lying. Today, Bns Lawrence, Prince Harry & others have made similar allegations in legal claims. Full statement:
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“From the ages of 15 to 21, I had an inescapable abuser: The Press”- Charlotte Church. Tabloids on Trial. Write to the Government now, to call for Leveson Part Two:
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Opinion: Sun publisher suffers significant defeat in litigation brought by Prince Harry
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In 2021, Hacked Off research on coverage of
#HarryandMeghanNetflix
, which found:
Over 25 articles about the couple are published across newspapers every day
Over 450 were published over the 18-day period
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Hypocrite newspapers have savagely criticised the Prime Minister and other Government figures for accepting donations and hospitality from donors.
Yet newspaper publishers have, for years, offered excessive hospitality to politicians while remaining publicly silent about what
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Dean Stott served with distinction in the Army, where he met and formed a long-standing friendship with Prince Harry. Was it this friendship that led him and his family to become targets of press abuse? Now, Alana Stott shares her story, in her own words.
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We at Hacked Off also would like to express our solidarity with the Duchess of Sussex in the spirit of this letter. She has a right to basic standards of privacy and for reporting about her to reflect the truth.
Read our press release here:
NEW: Female MPs from across the House of Commons write to the Duchess of Sussex to express their ‘solidarity’ with Meghan for ‘taking a stand against the often distasteful and misleading nature’ of some newspaper stories about her.
Organised by
@HollyLynch5
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Under
@IpsoNews
,
@TheSun
can publish vile, violently misogynistic attacks on
#MeghanMarkle
and there is no real means of redress. These are the consequences of an unregulated press. Shame on
@IpsoNews
, and the Government which is propping them up.
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Today, Doreen Lawrence, Prince Harry & the other claimants are preparing to put their case forward in a court of law. This time the Mail will have to defend itself in front of a High Court judge, rather than relying on its political allies in Downing Street to get them off the
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@DanMarshall98
@thetimes
Hi Dan, So sorry to hear about this. We support victims of press intrusions. Are you interested in discussing what has happened any further?
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Champagne parties, gifts and corporate lobbying of politicians is corrupt and should be exposed, say the press, except if it's us (then it's a secret).
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1/ There are two complaints bodies for the press – one proper, independent one (Hey,
@Impressreg
) and one puny one controlled by the national newspapers & politicians (boo,
@IPSONews
). Parliament agreed that newspapers should sign up to
@IMPRESSreg
(or an independent alternative)
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