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The latest press disinformation campaign

Brian Cathcart rebuts the distortions used in the press campaign against the Leveson report.

22/2/13

Leveson and 'journalistic materials': another myth

Brian Cathcart explains why implementing Leveson would not make it easier for police to seize journalists' confidential materials.

22/2/13

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The Daily Mail and whistleblowers

Dr Rosa Malley rebuts the Daily Mail's claim that implementing Leveson would gag whistleblowers.

22/2/13

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Ten things the press would rather you didn't know

Lists ten facts about press regulation and the Leveson Inquiry that the press would rather the public did not know.

2/11/12

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Tall Tales and Desperate Arguments

Rebuts industry arguments against Leveson reform, including claims that statutory regulation would have prevented Jimmy Savile's exposure.

31/10/12

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The FT and the Campaign For No Change

Responds to the Financial Times editorial on Leveson, arguing its position amounts to a campaign for no change in regulation.

30/10/12

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Propaganda from the Sunday Times

Brian Cathcart rebuts the Sunday Times' Focus-page coverage of Leveson as one-sided support for the industry line.

21/10/12

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The Sunday Times, bravery and press freedom

Brian Cathcart rebuts the Sunday Times' claim that The Sun's publication of Prince Harry photographs was a brave stand for press freedom.

26/8/12

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Public backs Leveson, Times poll says (but the Times doesn’t)

Brian Cathcart notes a Times poll found a clear majority trust the Leveson Inquiry, a finding the Times did not report in its own article.

21/6/12

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Reaction to Sunday Telegraph story

Hacked Off rejects a Sunday Telegraph article claiming that lobby group Sovereign Strategy influenced the campaign's content and strategy, saying its role was practical.

24/7/11

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