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26 September 2012

Bitten Biter Bites Back! - MacKenzie To Sue Police?

Kelvin MacKenzie and the Sun headlines smearing football fans at Hillsborough.
He argues that the lies promulgated by the force in the aftermath of the tragedy in which 96 Liverpool fans were killed prompted him to publish a front page headlined "The Truth".
Writing in tomorrow's issue of The Spectator, the former Sun editor speaks out for the first time in detail about his fateful decision to use the headline. It led to him suffering, he writes, "personal vilification for decades".
MacKenzie reveals that it was necessary to have his house patrolled by police and that he has faces physical danger should he enter the city of Liverpool. - Guardian
Kelvin MacKenzie Instructs Lawyers to Seek Apology from Police Over Hillsborough 'Vilification' - PressGazette
The Spectator reports today:
Writing in tomorrow’s Spectator, the former Sun editor speaks out for the first time in detail about his fateful decision to print the now infamous ‘THE TRUTH’ headline in the red-top the day after the Hillsborough disaster in 1989.
The terms of the apology and any compensation are to be debated, but MacKenzie tells of police patrols being increased around his house and the physical danger he faces in the city of Liverpool.
Kelvin admits that he was wrong, ‘but the people who have got away scot-free are South Yorkshire Police.’ He is seeking recompense for ‘the lies their officers told’.
MacKenzie was quoted saying:
Now I know — you know, we all know — that the fans were right. But it took 23 years, two inquiries, one inquest and research into  400,000 documents, many of which were kept secret under the 30-year no-publication rule, to discover there was a vast cover-up by South Yorkshire Police about the disaster. Where does that leave me?
He also suggests that other publications ran the same “copper-bottomed” story but The Sun was only one singled out:
Liverpool fans didn’t turn on other media, only the Sun. That has always puzzled me. Was it picked out because the paper had always backed Thatcher, while the city had always been pro-Labour? - PressGazette
(Alex Thomson's Gotcha! 'doorstepping' of MacKenzie)

Reaction from South Yorkshire Police:
A South Yorkshire Police spokesman said the force "awaits Mr MacKenzie's letter with interest".
"It is well known that many media outlets ran similar stories at the time based on the same sources but chose to treat them differently," he said.
"Mr MacKenzie was responsible for the particular headline he chose to run with." - BBC News
Reaction from journalists and others on Twitter:


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9 January 2012

Leveson Inquiry: Hearings - Day 22

LEVESON INQUIRY:CULTURE, PRACTICE AND ETHICS OF THE PRESS

"I want this inquiry to mean something", not end up as "footnote in some professor of journalism's analysis of 21 century history." LJ Leveson in reply to A Rusbridger's submission to Inquiry.

Lord Justice Leveson

From Guardian:
Here's a quick reminder of the four modules within this first year of the inquiry.
Module 1: The relationship between the press and the public and looks at phone-hacking and other potentially illegal behaviour
Module 2: The relationships between the press and police and the extent to which that has operated in the public interest
Module 3: The relationship between press and politicians
Module 4: Recommendations for a more effective policy and regulation that supports the integrity and freedom of the press while encouraging the highest ethical standards.

Witness list for this week (9th - 12th January) to be found HERE
Live Feed From Leveson Inquiry Site HERE
BBC Democracy Live Feed HERE 


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Monday 9th January

Duncan Larcombe (The Sun)
Kelvin MacKenzie (formerly with The Sun)
Dominic Mohan (The Sun)
Gordon Smart (The Sun)
John Edwards (The Sun)
Justin Walford (The Sun) 

Witnesses whose evidence statements will be read:

Stuart Higgins (The Sun)
Simon Toms (The Sun)
David Yelland (The Sun)

Duncan Larcombe
Duncan Larcombe

Profile from Journalism.co.uk 2009
The Sun's List of Articles by Duncan Larcombe






Tabloid Watch
Re : An example of the Sun taking great care over Royal stories:

Ben Fenton
I am massively surprised at scale, but not surprised that a technology shd be exploited by reporters, tells



Kelvin Mackenzie

Kelvin MacKenzie

Mail Online List of Recent K. MacKenzie Articles (freezepage link)
Profile of Kelvin MacKenzie from Guardian
Copy of K. Mackenzie's Seminar Speech




BBC News - Ex-Sun Editor MacKenzie Gives Evidence 
BBC News - Ex-Editor Says Sun 'More Cautious'
Ex-Sun Editor Admits 'Bullish' Approach - Channel 4 News

Kelvin MacKenzie on Hillsborough Disaster - Youtube
Front Page from one of the controversial issues of the Sun's coverage of the Hillsborough Disaster




Laura Jayne Connor
Kelvin MacKenzie : "If you publish it in the Sun you get six months, if you publish it in the Guardian you get a Pulitzer prize.".

John Edwards 
John Edwards










Witness Statement in Full


T Portilho-Shrimpton
Edwards on McCanns: we got it spot on in Portugal; might have not been so good when it came to Leicestershire

Dominic Mohan
Dominic Mohan

Profile of D Mohan from the Guardian 
What Mohan Said at the Leveson Seminar - Guardian
Mohan Joked About Phone-Hacking in 2002 - Guardian
Mohan Claims Phone-hacking remark at Awards Ceremony 'a Joke' - Hacked Off









T Portilho-Shrimpton
Mohan: reprimanded individual concerned in uploading the wrong Amanda Knox verdict story. Said it was a slip in standards

T Portilho-Shrimpton
Mohan: received lots of complaints saying it was unfair to name them as teacher. Won't be doing it again.

Kate Adams
Dominic Mahon Editor The Sun's readers are a great barometer. The Sun receives 2-3000 emails a week

Tony McMahon
Readers ombudsman was removed at The Sun and enquiries went to the managing editor, says Dominic Mohan

Gordon Rayner
Sun editor Dominic Mohan says four signatures now needed for cash payments to sources

Hacked off
Mohan: since PCC adjudication on Charlotte Church's pregnancy story Sun has not run stories about 'females' being under 12 weeks pregnant

T Portilho-Shrimpton
Mohan: biggest selling stories of the past 12 to 18 months were not celebrity stories were stories involving killer of James Bulger


Dr Evan Harris
Mohan contradicts Kelvin Mackenzie by pointing out that front page stories are chosen on the basis of their power to sell papers

YancyFaith
UK newspapers had hacked into Irish Parliament's cell phones. Great job in protecting the public interest, friends.

Gordon Smart
Gordon Smart

Wikipedia Page for Gordon Smart











Ben Fenton
says he often wdnt bother to check a "trivial" short story in his column [Wow. I wonder if he really meant to say that.]

Justin Walford
Justin Walford










Justin Walford is the former legal manager for The Daily Express and The Sunday Express newspapers. He works now for The Sun, and formerly the News of the World...




T Portilho-Shrimpton
Walford is the man who kind of replaced Tom Crone (there are two more people sharing the job title)

Joel Gunter
Walford, formerly of the Express, asked whether the culture there different to the Sun. Says more desire at Sun to be "at the top".

IndexLeveson
Walford says law of privacy a sea change

T Portilho-Shrimpton
Walford: things have changed a lot since Kelvin MacKenzie. He says he saw the "lobbing in" back then, but things have changed now

Joel Gunter
Walford: Certainly true that celebrity issues form significant part of what I do day-to-day. 8 to 10 stories needed legaling a day.

Ross Hawkins
Walford at : can be called to High Court for injunction in just 20 mins after notifying people

Gordon Rayner
Mohan admits making speech in 2002 thanking "Vodafone's lack of security" for Mirror's showbiz exclusives.


Witnesses whose evidence statements will be read:
Stuart Higgins (The Sun) - Witness Statement in Full
Simon Toms (The Sun) - Witness Statement in Full
David Yelland (The Sun) - Witness Statement in Full
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5 January 2012

Leveson Inquiry: Witness Lists - January 9th - 12th

LEVESON INQUIRY:CULTURE, PRACTICE AND ETHICS OF THE PRESS

"I want this inquiry to mean something", not end up as "footnote in some professor of journalism's analysis of 21 century history." LJ Leveson in reply to A Rusbridger's submission to Inquiry.

Lord Justice Leveson

The Panel : 
Top row (left to right)
  • Shami Chakrabarti, director of human rights group Liberty
  • George Jones, former Daily Telegraph political editor
  • Sir David Bell, former chairman of the Financial Times
Bottom row (Left to right)
  • Elinor Goodman, former Channel 4 political editor
  • Lord David Currie, former chairman of Ofcom
  • Sir Paul Scott-Lee, former West Midlands chief constable
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Inquiry resumes Monday January 9th 2012
From Guardian:
Here's a quick reminder of the four modules within this first year of the inquiry.
Module 1: The relationship between the press and the public and looks at phone-hacking and other potentially illegal behaviour
Module 2: The relationships between the press and police and the extent to which that has operated in the public interest
Module 3: The relationship between press and politicians
Module 4: Recommendations for a more effective policy and regulation that supports the integrity and freedom of the press while encouraging the highest ethical standards.
Witnesses 
Monday:
Appearing in person: 

Duncan Larcombe (The Sun)
Kelvin MacKenzie (formerly with The Sun)
Dominic Mohan (The Sun)
Gordon Smart (The Sun)
Justin Walford (The Sun) 
John Edwards (The Sun)

Witnesses whose evidence statements will be read:

Stuart Higgins (The Sun)
Simon Toms (The Sun)
David Yelland (The Sun)

Tuesday:

Appearing in person:
Lionel Barber (FT) 
Chris Blackhurst (Independent)
Tony Gallagher (Telegraph)
William Lewis (formerly Telegraph)
Murdoch MacLennan (Telegraph)
Manish Malhotra (Independent)
Andrew Mullins (Independent)
Finbarr Ronayne (Telegraph)

Witnesses whose evidence statements will be read:

Tim Bratton (FT)

Benedict Brogan (Telegraph)
Adam Cannon (Telegraph)
Alison Fortescue (FT)
Stefano Hatfield (Independent)


Wednesday:
Appearing in person:

Liz Hartley (Associated Newspapers)
Peter Wright (Associated Newspapers)  

Witnesses whose evidence statements will be read:

Kevin Beatty (Associated Newspapers)
James Welsh (Associated Newspapers) 

Thursday:   
Appearing in person:

Paul Ashford (Northern and Shell)
Richard Desmond (Northern and Shell)
Peter Hill (Northern and Shell)
Dawn Neesom (Northern and Shell)
Nicole Patterson (Northern and Shell)
Robert Sanderson (Northern and Shell)
Hugh Whitlow (Northern and Shell) 

Witnesses whose evidence statements will be read: 

Martin Ellice (Northern and Shell)
Gareth Morgan (Northern and Shell)
Martin Townsend (Northern and Shell)
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30 December 2011

Letts' List , Let's Not!.

Quentin Richard Stephen Letts, Daily Mail

 Quentin Letts loomed large in Twitter's 'trending' list at lunchtime yesterday.
 Wondering whether he'd popped his clogs or if someone had discovered Mr. Letts to have been employing a ghost-writer, I was astounded to see umpteen posts expressing shock and dismay at this article in the Daily Mail.
(link via freezepage.com)


One of today's 'targets', John Prescott, tweeted thus:

John Prescott
Quentin Letts says I should kill myself, Archbishop Sentamu should get elocution lessons & Keith Vaz 'de-oil'

Richard William Littlejohn, Daily Mail
Kelvin Calder MacKenzie, Daily Mail
 Letts is the type of writer who is finding that in order to ensure journalistic longevity inevitably means his becoming ever more acerbic, hyperbolic and meaningless. Others of that ilk are Richard Littlejohn and Kelvin MacKenzie.

These writers are self-opinionated, intractable and entirely predictable.
  They write the columns aimed at readers who crave an occasional fix of ridiculous parody from those who see buttons clearly marked 'DO NOT TOUCH' and take great delight in pressing them, aware of the effect their words will have.  Most people are accustomed to their style and give their particular brand of sophistry no more credence than is warranted by the average yapping and irritating Yorkshire terrier.
 The three men I've mentioned are all employed by the Daily Mail. Other titles have their own eccentrics too, - the Daily Mail's quota is just larger.

 Much more dangerous and concerning than the doltish bigotry of this immature trio, is the number of deliberately provocative and completely inaccurate articles printed in many of the the papers, whether red-top or broadsheet.
Paul Dacre, Editor, Daily Mail
 The relatively recent introduction of online fact-checking teams like Full Fact and the many media-watching blogs such as Zelo Street, Minority Thought , dedicated to highlighting the inadequacies and corruption of elements of the press and some journalists here in the UK, is a much needed attempt to remedy a dire situation.

  Perhaps the Leveson Inquiry will come up with a system of press regulation which will ensure those who buy newspapers are presented with facts and not a distortion of the truth intended to further the ambition or forcefully expressed will of their owners or Editors, as seems to happen all too often now. Perhaps.

Paul Dacre's speech to a seminar at the Leveson Inquiry.

Updated:
  

As the end-of-2011 bandwagon trundles noisily past, Richard William Littlejohn tosses aboard this little offering and laboriously hoists himself up to join Q. Letts. How sweet.


(link via freezepage.com)
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