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The BBC and ‘tragedies of the fourth estate’

Posted on November 21, 2012 by

There’s an excellent piece by Paul Lashmar, investigative journalist and lecturer at Brunel University, on openDemocracy this week, examining the role of – and implications for – investigative journalism in the recent ‘BBC debacle’. I was particularly interested in the … Continue reading →

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Mark Thompson, the legal letter, and the Savile investigation

Posted on November 19, 2012 by

Stewart Purvis, professor of television journalism at City University London (formerly of ITN and Ofcom) has been carefully tracking the detail around ex-BBC director-general Mark Thompson’s legal interaction with the Sunday Times, following the newspaper’s questions about the BBC’s handling … Continue reading →

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Law and Media Round Up – 12 November 2012

Posted on November 12, 2012 by

Since writing this, there have already been new developments in the unfolding crisis at the BBC following its Newsnight programme on child abuse. But this is the media law week that was, rounded up here: Law and Media Round Up … Continue reading →

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Law and Media Round Up; new Court of Appeal judgment on libel damages

Posted on October 31, 2012 by

This week’s round up, previously posted on the Inforrm blog, features Frankie Boyle’s successful libel case, the BBC fallout out following further allegations about Jimmy Savile and media regulation debated in the House of Lords. Additionally, since the round up … Continue reading →

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Open Justice Week: Scottish court refuses permission to tweet; English High Court allows media access to phone hacking court documents

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

A quick update on recent open justice themed developments. The Open Justice UK group has been refused permission to live tweet a case in Scotland, as Cristiana Theodoli (@_cric) explains here. While journalists have applied to tweet and tweeting was … Continue reading →

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Media law mop up: Privacy debate; Hari interviews; and BBC regulation

Posted on July 2, 2011 by

Fewer big libel and privacy stories to report this week, but Twitterers have been particularly lively on the media ethics front, primarily in relation to Independent columnist Johann Hari’s admission of his interview ‘etiquette’ and the subsequent fallout. Meanwhile, a … Continue reading →

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