Archive for May 22nd, 2008

You Scratch My Back and I’ll Scratch Yours

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

The recent departure of Peter Hill from the board of the PCC is yet another indication of the nepotistic climate that exists within the PCC (Press Complaints Commission). The "family" in this case being the numerous people on the board who have connections within the industry they are supposed to ...

PCC rebukes Davies book claims over resolved complaints

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

22 May 2008 By Colin Crummy, Martin Stabe The Press Complaints Commission chairman has hit back at accusations by journalist Nick Davies who claimed the independent body had not considered a large number of complaints made to it. “I think he got it really badly wrong,” said PPC chair Sir Christopher Meyer of ...

Meyer: Why Express editor left PCC

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

guardian.co.uk, by Stephen Brook and Owen Gibson, Thursday May 22 2008 at 8am The Daily Express editor, Peter Hill, left the Press Complaints Commission board partly because of the row between Express Newspapers and the Newspaper Publishers Association, according to the chairman of the press watchdog. Sir Christopher Meyer said the row, ...