Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom (CPBF)
for diverse, democratic and accountable media
by Tim Gopsill One of the prevailing sounds of the summer was the call of the BBC news bulletin bearing the daily accusation of Labour Party anti-semitism, delivered in tones of feigned regret that the party seemed unable to bring the story to a halt. Of course the entire national press were at it as well, but wasn’t the BBC supposed to be different? Not any more. For … [Read more...]
by Julian Petley What has resolutely united such unlikely bedfellows as the Guardian and the Telegraph, the Mail and the Mirror? It’s the Cliff Richard judgement, and their objections to it are as wrong-headed and ill-informed as they are unanimous. Briefly, they are concerned that Mr Justice Mann “has decided that article 8 [of the European Convention on Human Rights], … [Read more...]