During tenure of the PCC, the Richard Desmond-owned tabloid papers The Daily Express (mid-market) and The Daily Star (red-top) were withdrawn from their aforementioned owner as there
Despite claiming to be an improvement on the PCC, IPSO is still not backed by statute. due to it being institutional self-regulation, so none of the newspapers had to join. So unlike The Express and The Star that backed out later, three papers immediately refused to join:
What would happen if all the papers decided to leave?
Each of the newspapers has set up their own editorial code.
THE GUARDIAN
It's own editorial code:
COMPLAINTS
The Guardian apparently tops lists of complaints made about unregulated newspapers,
(Press Gazette)
Case involving cartoon on SNP, complains of racism. (the strip, labelled as an opinion piece)
Guardian columnist Chris Bell writing a response.
Big controversy about Julie Burchill (Guardian article)
THE INDEPENDENT
They call it "Code of Conduct".
12 complaints received about report of Syrian boy refugee (Press Gazette report)
THE FINANCIAL TIMES
Has it's own Editorial Code:
Directly under this there is a list of complaints, only one (the most recent) was declared as a breach and one was partially upheld, 1 and a half out of 17 in three years, can one call that realistically effective regulation?
More info:
Despite claiming to be an improvement on the PCC, IPSO is still not backed by statute. due to it being institutional self-regulation, so none of the newspapers had to join. So unlike The Express and The Star that backed out later, three papers immediately refused to join:
- The Guardian
- The Indepedent
- The Financial Times
What would happen if all the papers decided to leave?
Each of the newspapers has set up their own editorial code.
THE GUARDIAN
It's own editorial code:
COMPLAINTS
The Guardian apparently tops lists of complaints made about unregulated newspapers,
(Press Gazette)
Case involving cartoon on SNP, complains of racism. (the strip, labelled as an opinion piece)
Guardian columnist Chris Bell writing a response.
Big controversy about Julie Burchill (Guardian article)
THE INDEPENDENT
They call it "Code of Conduct".
12 complaints received about report of Syrian boy refugee (Press Gazette report)
THE FINANCIAL TIMES
Has it's own Editorial Code:
Directly under this there is a list of complaints, only one (the most recent) was declared as a breach and one was partially upheld, 1 and a half out of 17 in three years, can one call that realistically effective regulation?
15 February 2018, Paul Tierno. Breach, Article 7(2)
22 January 2018, Peter Cheung. No breach, Clause 1.1.
7 December 2017, Ellie Bennett. No breach, Clause 1.1 or 1.2.
31 October 2017, Alex Wessendorff. No breach, Clause 1.1 or 1.2.
8 August 2017, Shaun Whatling. No breach, Clause 1.2.
16 June 2017, Dr Colin Leci. No breach, Clause 1.
6 August 2016, Anthony Kay. No breach, Clause 12.1.
24 May 2016, Paul Stanley. No breach.
14 April 2016, Jordan Jay. No breach.
14 April 2016, Owen Angel and Paul Lamm. No breach.
6 January 2016, Dr Colin L. Leci. No breach.
29 June 2015, Robert Bartlett. No breach.
29 May 2015, Jonathan Portes. Complaint partially upheld under Clause 1.2.
18 June 2015, Dr Bia Labate. No breach of articles 1(2) and 1(4). Article in question here.29 March 2015, Matt Berkley. No breach, Clause 1 or 1.2.
1 March 2015, PA. No breach of Clause 3.
25 February, Andrew Anderson. No breach, Clause 1.
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