Police. Press. Power
Who controls the story - and who holds the system accountable?
Off the Record features leading lawyers, senior policing figures & whistleblowers including Maggie Oliver and Sara Mansoori KC.
Three panels. Real insight. A debate that matters.
Get your tickets: buff.ly/ms1YYfC
New research by Opinium on behalf of PJP:
“When asked how the press should be regulated, the most popular option (38%) is for newspapers and their websites to be regulated by an independent statutory regulator, like Ofcom, enforcing rules laid down by law.” tinyurl.com/2bj2zmmf
New research by Opinium on behalf of the PJP:
“Surveying 2,050 UK adults, the poll finds that more than half (54%) of Brits think press standards have got worse or not improved since the phone hacking scandal. Just 10% of Brits support continued regulation by IPSO”
tinyurl.com/2bj2zmmf
Sir Simon Hughes alleges in Mail Trial: “I found shocking the possibility that the targeting of me was part of wider behaviour by Associated in targeting individuals unlawfully.” The Mail’s publisher denies the allegations.
tinyurl.com/2jstxpup
David Furnish in #MailTrial:
“To make matters worse, The Mail used the birth certificate story to feed into their homophobic agenda… a caption casting me as the “mother” and Elton as the “father.” It was deeply offensive but entirely in keeping with their attitude toward us.”
tinyurl.com/yfypnb4c
Witness statement from Baroness Lawrence in #MailTrial:
"I hope that I find truth for Stephen and that The Mail never victimise or profit from someone’s grief and loss again. This is what I hope to achieve after what @dailymail.co.uk have put me through.”
Read more:
tinyurl.com/2jstxpup
Liz Hurley’s statements from #MailTrial: “I believe that we should all be free to live with the expectation that what is private is private…I am not looking for sympathy. I am looking only for accountability.”
Read out full report: www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/m...
After week one of the #MailTrial, if these claims are successful, it is hard to see how the Government will defend its failure to complete Leveson Part Two. Our report on last week’s events:
www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/m...
Liz Hurley in #MailTrial says she feels as if her “private life had been violated by violent intruders; that there had been sinister thieves in my home”
Read more:
tinyurl.com/3w732p82
“It is striking… how profoundly intrusive, abusive and in some cases misogynistic, the @dailymail.co.uk coverage is... And that is before the question of illegality, the subject of this trial, even arises.”
Our take on week one of the #MailTrial:
tinyurl.com/3w732p82
"Yes of course" Keir Starmer answers Andy Slaughter MP that he'll meet victims of press abuse. Nathan Sparkes, Hacked Off CEO: “It's critical this meeting takes place as soon as possible, so legislation can be brought forward and public can be protected from intrusion, harassment and other abuses.”
📣CAMPAIGN UPDATE! BREAKING!
Keir Starmer has, today, agreed to meet & discuss action on press standards with press abuse victims.
He must hear victims (not just listen and nod) and bring forward legislation. tr.ee/VugYc7
Victims have waited long enough - it's time for action. We need #LevesonNow
Gerry McCann has called out @Keir_Starmer on #BBC Radio 4 today.
"Press barons can meet the Prime Minister, but the people who have suffered at the hands of them can't."
If you think the PM should meet with victims - enter your postcode on this page to tell your MP bit.ly/4oWCgLS
“This is not journalism; its bullying and it was like another nail in Carrie’s coffin really”
Christine Flack speaks on the tabloid mistreatment of her late daughter Caroline Flack in the Disney+ documentary "Search for the Truth".
Article by Emma Jones, board member of Hacked Off
Fantastic event on next Tuesday for those willing or able to travel to London
Join writers, actors and campaigners to discuss the Hack, phone hacking, and what's next for press reform
@hackedoff.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hack-w...
Join former Hacked Off Board Director & now Chair of the @pressjustice.bsky.social , @stephenstroud.bsky.social , at this screening of our two documentary films on Sunday, "Power Without Responsibility" & "The Press and the People"
Join Kerry Katona as she reveals how press abuse nearly destroyed her life... and discusses what has to change.
November 25th - only 12 days away! Book now:
the-hack.eventbrite.co.uk
Earlier this year The Telegraph shared misleading statistics about London's migrant population and faced no serious sanctions from IPSO. Accuracy is fundamental to our media landscape and the Government must act to ensure that newspapers are subject to standards of ethics and accountability. 2/2
The Telegraph has published its "editorial view" on the recent BBC resignations, claiming that they want "to ask legitimate questions about the accuracy of its journalism". If only The Telegraph would hold their own reporting to the same standards. 1/2
Join us on November 25th for this very special Hacked Off event with the makers of ITV's "The Hack", including Bafta-winning writer Jack Thorne, and campaigners on press abuse Kerry Katona, Jacqui Hames and Lisa Moorish.
Tickets available now:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hack-w...
...after #TheHack - we highly recommend listening to 'After The Hack' podcast!
final note for this shocking episode: Rebecca Brooks might have resigned at the time, but she didn’t stay gone for long… she’s now the CEO of News UK, i.e., in charge of Rupert Murdoch's media empire in the UK.
It should have finished Murdoch.. it didn’t. #theHack
“Decent people are out of a job”
There were no decent people at the News Of The World. Fuck them all. #TheHack
Read the original article exposing #TheHack of murdered schoolgirl Millie Dowler’s phone by @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jul/...
#EnormousDeletion - could that be the more than *30 million* emails that were deleted by Rupert Murdoch's UK company, News Group Newspapers, during the phone-hacking scandal? #TheHack
“I believe that powerful forces are involved in a cover up” You don’t say. #TheHack
Referring to Nick Davies #TheHack
Too many. Media reform is the only way to regain a functioning country. With big name 'quality' papers spewing out this drivel daily no wonder we aren't a serious country anymore. Misinformation is rotting our brains. I support @hackedoff.bsky.social & their call for reform & accountability.
Spot on. Thank you Liz.
