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The Sun’s lying headline and the hopelessness of IPSO

Brian Cathcart argues the Sun's front-page treatment of a poll shows why editors prefer IPSO.

24/11/15

When journalists ignore source material it is public debate which pays the price

Lucy Reed examines Christopher Booker's Telegraph article on the Ethan Williams case and how press coverage handled the source material.

26/6/15

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“British political correctness gone mad!” Or not.

Daisy Cooper examines January newspaper stories claiming political correctness has gone mad and asks whether IPSO will act.

24/2/15

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What’s in a name?

Michelle Gribbon examines the press claim that Muhammad is Britain's most popular boys' name, which proved to have no basis in fact, as an example of churnalism.

2/12/14

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Compare & Contrast: The Daily Mirror's terrifying Ebola headline vs the tiny correction

Compares the Daily Mirror's front-page Ebola scare headline with its small apology and questions IPSO's acceptance of it.

24/11/14

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It's the British media that needs auditing

Jon Danzig on how British media repeatedly misreport the annual EU budget audit by the European Court of Auditors.

18/11/14

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The “forgotten terrorists” - another piece of nonsense on the Times front page

Dr Evan Harris rebuts the Times front page claim that terrorists are exploiting the "right to be forgotten", based on Sajid Javid's speech.

13/11/14

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Compare and Contrast: The Sun's headline and the apology

Compares The Sun's front-page "mark of the devil" story about a four-year-old boy with its later apology.

21/10/14

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The Sun - the headline and the apology: compare and contrast

Compares The Sun's front-page headline about a Shropshire boy with its later apology.

21/10/14

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The Times, a lawyer, some weasel words and a non-existent spectre

Brian Cathcart rebuts a Times article by a Hamlins solicitor on IPSO, media freedom and intrusion.

29/9/14

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Data shows Leveson was just a bad dream - for the Press.

Tom Rowland's analysis of PCC complaint data finds standards declined in summer 2014, with resolved complaints up nine per cent on the previous year.

26/8/14

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Rothermere papers commit almost half of all PCC Code breaches so far in 2014

Hacked Off analysis of PCC concluded complaints finds Rothermere papers account for almost half of actual or probable Editors' Code breaches in early 2014.

1/7/14

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