Archive: Media

Comment: Self-pitying politicians are terrible judges of the media

A moan from a journalist about politicians moaning about journalists

Politicians of every ideological flavour are united by one thing: their self-pitying sense of victimisation at the hands of the press.

Brooks solicitor doubts phone-hacking fair trial

Inquiry criticisms 'troubling', Leveson warns

Murdoch blames cover-up for phone-hacking 'failure'

Judgment day: MPs deliver phone-hacking report

James Murdoch and his father Rupert appear before MPs last summer

MPs will deliver their verdict on phone-hacking at the News of the World in a hotly anticipated report later this morning.

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Murdoch blames cover-up for phone-hacking 'failure'

Rupert Murdoch faces tough questions at the Leveson inquiry

Rupert Murdoch has blamed "one or two individuals" for not telling him about phone-hacking at the News of the World in his appearance at the Leveson inquiry.

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Brooks solicitor doubts phone-hacking fair trial

Rebekah Brooks' solicitor raises Leveson inquiry concerns

"Huge, dramatic and sensational" coverage of the Leveson inquiry could prevent ex-Sun editor Rebekah Brooks getting a fair trial, her solicitor has warned.

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'Corrupted': Police admit public officials received illegal payments

Leveson inquiry moves on to look at relationship between press and police

Journalists at the Sun newspaper used illegal payments to public officials to win exclusive stories, the chief police officer probing phone-hacking said today.

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Inquiry criticisms 'troubling', Leveson warns

Leveson inquiry latest: Another warning for probe critics

The judge leading the inquiry into the conduct of Britain's journalists has repeated his warning against critics of his probe.

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Times dragged into hacking row after unmasking blogger

The editor of the Times struggled to justify the behaviour of his staff during a fraught appearance at the Leveson inquiry today.

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Met blames terror pressures for phone-hacking failure

The Metropolitan police has blamed its focus on counter-terrorism after a judicial review condemned its original phone-hacking investigation as unlawful.

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Comment: The impossibility of balanced journalism

Ian Dunt: 'The idea, which is central to the editorial judgement of the BBC, that the truth lies between two competing viewpoints, is inaccurate and childish.'

Not all viewpoints are equal. It's about time we stopped pretending they were.

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Leveson inquiry: Private Eye's Hislop points finger at politicians

Ian Hislop wants PMs past and present before Leveson inquiry

News International's excesses were partly caused by the Murdoch family being "deeply embedded in our political top class", Ian Hislop has told the Leveson inquiry.

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Phone-hacking 'bog standard' at Mirror

Mirror newspaper dragged into phone-hacking scandal

Former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan's phone-hacking denials have been challenged by an ex-journalist at the tabloid.

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Met confirms Mulcaire didn't delete Milly Dowler's voicemail

Milly Dowler's phone may not have been hacked by Mulcaire, after all

Private investigator Glenn Mulcaire is not thought to have deleted voicemails on Milly Dowler's phone after all, the Leveson inquiry has heard.

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Phone-hacking 'rumours abounded' at NOTW

Former News of the World journalist Mazher Mahmood was not aware of phone-hacking when he worked at the News of the World prior to the arrest of Clive Goodman, he has claimed.

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Comment: Censoring the media will create a police state

Richard Hillgrove is director of Hillgrove PR

A news media where there is no real news is a frightening one indeed.

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Campbell attacks 'putrid' press

Alastair Campbell said UK's media has been subverted by a small number of journalists

Tony Blair's former spin doctor Alastair Campbell wasted no time in attacking Britain's "putrid" press at the Leveson inquiry.

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News International 'hacked Cabinet minister's computer'

Peter Hain's computer was hacked while he was Northern Ireland secretary - report claims

Ex-Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain's computer may have been hacked into during his time in power, it has emerged.

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Sienna Miller 'violated' by phone-hacking

Sienna Miller said she felt "violated" by phone-hacking intrusion

Phone-hacking had a "damaging" impact on Sienna Miller's life, the actress has told the Leveson inquiry into press standards.

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Comment: Reefer madness in a final frenzy

Peter Reynolds: "Millions of British citizens regularly use and enjoy cannabis with no ill effects."

As the Leveson Inquiry looks at media standards, we should investigate the lies written about cannabis in the British press.

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politics.co.uk podcast: Press regulation or press freedoms?

The Leveson inquiry got underway this week

Our latest podcast looks at the press regulation debate, now very much underway as the Leveson inquiry into media culture and ethics begins its work, and the risks of refusing to hold a referendum on Europe.

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MP sees 'funny side' of phone-hacking tailing

James Murdoch apologised for any surveillance when giving evidence to MPs

One of the MPs allegedly put under surveillance by News International has said private investigators tasked with following him must have had a "boring time".

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Phone-hacking: Mulcaire's notebooks confirm 'cottage industry'

Glenn Mulcaire's notebooks reveal 2,266 "taskings"

Notebooks belonging to convicted private investigator Glenn Mulcaire link phone-hacking to 28 News International staff, the Leveson inquiry heard on its opening day.

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