Jul
19
Reform of press self-regulation has moved from the ‘impossible’ tray to the ‘pending’ tray in less than a month. Whilst many people may want it, and some have an opinion on it, there are thorny issues that have not become any easier. The result will not be the regulator of anyone’s dreams. 1. Independent – [...]
Jul
12
Paul Dacre must speak out over phone hacking
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Paul Dacre, the editor of the Daily Mail, has been surprisingly quiet over the last few weeks. Whilst his newspapers are not accused of phone hacking or blagging his silence on the crisis has been surprising, unhelpful for his cause and even out of character. Mr Dacre doesn’t believe that editors should have a public [...]
Jan
18
Paul Dacre, the editor of the Daily Mail, today writes: “Our critics have wakeful nights dreaming up new and more ingenious ways to constrain the media. As a result, the Open Society is constantly under threat. “We can count among the principal offenders: an authoritarian Government with an increasing desire for secrecy; judges with an [...]