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Alastair Campbell at Leveson: great theatre Mr Jay, shame about the questions
DATELINE: 15/5/12
Alastair Campbell has rarely missed an opportunity to launch a demolition job on journalism and in the second round of his evidence to the Leveson Inquiry he was given free rein to go back onto the attack: he claimed David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband were all getting "disproportionately whacked" by the press in retaliation for having given their backing to Lord Justice Leveson's investigation into media ethics.
Phone-hacking police charge Rebekah Brooks
DATELINE: 15/5/12
Rebekah Brooks and her husband, Charlie, are being charged with perverting the course of justice as part of the phone hacking inquiry. She was arrested on 13 March as part of the Met Police's Operation Weeting. In a statement, they accused the CPS of "posturing" and said: "We deplore this weak and unjust decision." The couple will become the first suspects to be charged in an inquiry lasting 18 months and involving 185 police officers and staff.
Brooks at Leveson: an insight into how the Sun exploited the political endorsement of the Murdoch press
DATELINE: 13/5/12
Having been disadvantaged so often by the ability of the Murdoch press to deliver politically-inspired exclusives, I found Rebekah Brooks' testimony to the Leveson Inquiry a telling confirmation of what I and most other journalists had always suspected: the Sun and the News of the World had no scruples when it came to exploiting the privileged access which their editors enjoyed in return for the political endorsement of their papers.
Coulson at Leveson: a former spin doctor's master class in closing down unhelpful questions
DATELINE: 13/5/12
David Cameron's former spin doctor Andy Coulson gave an assured account of himself before the Leveson inquiry into press standards – he certainly avoided giving any incriminating answers about the way the coalition government dealt with News Corporation's controversial bid for full control of BSkyB.
Cameron puts brakes on his planned reform of lobbying
DATELINE: 12/5/12
The Government has downgraded its radical proposals to overhaul the lobbying industry in one of a series of U-turns contained in the Queen's Speech. The creation of a statutory register of lobbyists is expected to be included in next year's Queen's Speech — but only in draft form, signalling that it could be years before any actual change is introduced. This is despite the priority that David Cameron attached to reforming lobbying, which he called the "next big scandal waiting to happen".
New Defamation Bill welcomed by Index
DATELINE: 9/5/12
Index Against Censorship has welcomed the announcement that a defamation bill is being included in the coalition government's new legislative programme. According to Index: 'This will be the first wholesale attempt at reform since 1843 and an amazing achievement for the campaign and its 60,000 supporters. The bill will open the way to ending libel tourism and protecting free expression for journalists, writers, bloggers and scientists around the world. However, there is still work to be done and we will carry on fighting to make sure that the detail in the final Bill will truly deliver reform.'
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Notices
Notices
Bigger than Wimbledon? Make a note in your diary for the 2012 CPBF AGM
DATELINE: 2/4/12
Saturday 7 July 10.00am (registration from 9.30am)NUJ HQ 308 Gray's Inn Road, Kings Cross, London WC1.Election of new CPBF national council, report on activities, Leveson and much more....to be followed by a discussin on the future of press and media regulation i n the light of Leveson. Speakers to be announced.
Leveson After Murdoch
DATELINE: 8/5/12
In their evidence to the Leveson Inquiry, Rupert and James Murdoch left more questions unanswered than resolved... but their testimony was definitely a telling curtain raiser to the forthcoming appearances before Lord Justice Leveson of past and present Prime Ministers and ministers.
Rally for Media Reform
DATELINE: 20/3/12
Rally for Media Reform 6.00pm - 8.00 pm Thursday 17 May, Central Hall, Westminster, London SW1. Organised by Coordinating Committee for Media Reform and 'Hacked Off'. Further details and updates at: www.mediareform.org.uk
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DATELINE: 26/3/10
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MEDIA FOR ALL CONFERENCE
DATELINE: 26/3/10
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MEDIA MANIFESTO
DATELINE: 26/3/10
The media’s job is to inform and entertain us but we rely on them too to tell us what our rulers and representatives are up to. In the run-up to the Iraq war the government used spin and disinformation in the media to create panic and mislead people. The truth is coming out now, but we need stronger, more independent media to be able to scrutinise governments and make informed choices.
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Index on Censorship - international campaign for free expression, based on publication and website
Civil Rights Movement
information clearing house
community media association
campaign for freedom of information
US Free Press
subscribe to 'the weekly spin'
allmediascotland - a directory and portal for the scottish media industry
world association for christian communication (WACC)
undercurrents (for the news you don't see on the news)
British Helsinki Human Rights Group
NUJ New Media website
Exiled Journalists Network
ePolitix - get your own e-mail news feed
New book: Creating Fear - News and the construction of crisis, David L. Altheide
british journalism review
al jazeera
RAM (Refugees, Asylum-seekers and the Mass media) project bulletin
One World
Democracy Fail
media alliance (US)
Alliance for Lobbying Transparency
notwar.net - quirky international peace group with details of hundreds of campaigning peace groups
media watch mailing list
corporation watch (US)
archives of the weekly spin
the memory hole
who owns what - from columbia journalism review
media communications policy resources (from Katharine Sarikakis of Leeds university)
writers' guild of great britain
columbia journalism review
vertigo - independent UK film magazine
send e-mail to altmedia (you have to subscribe first)
media reform - us-based campaigning group also known as Free Press
International Network for Cultural Diversity
Taking Sides weblog on IRAQ
michael moore's site
Brass Check TV
Disinformation - US site combining analysis, rumour, paranoia and alternative lifestyles.
Corporate Europe Observatory: CEO is a European-based research and campaign group targeting the threats to democracy, equity, social justice and the environment posed by the economic and political power of corporations and their lobby groups.
working for change (US)
presswise
wordpower: books to change our world
NUJ Brussels branch
arab media watch
sp media watch
Schnews - weekly newsletter from: Justice? Brighton's Direct Action Collective
cultural studies mailing list (FAQ)
