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The Leveson Inquiry: rumours and batty arguments abounding, and a cautionary...
In the ever-less-exciting wait for Leveson LJ to part the kimono on his conclusions and recommendations, the arguments being used to oppose the rumours we find so disappointing grow curiouser and...
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On the threshold of ♯Leveson’s d-day, The Guardian shuts reader-citizens out...
In the autumn of last year, in the prelude to formal hearings for the Leveson Inquiry, Baron Judge, the Lord Chief Justice, said: It is the birthright of the citizen that the press should be...
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Lord Justice Leveson in Australia, fear of ‘mob rule’ on the internet — and a...
Zounds. The original header for this entry, first published a day and a half ago, was: ‘Congratulations, #Leveson LJ, for leaving the blogosphere and online publishing alone — and for declining to...
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Quick screen grabs: the internet generation reacts to #Leveson LJ lecturing...
Watching Lord Justice Leveson speak to a predominantly middle-aged audience at the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Advanced Journalism four hours ago, post-Gutenbergers were struck by the...
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How high ambition hobbled Lord Justice Leveson’s chance to be a shining model...
Why has Lord Justice Leveson turned against free speech on the net, after wisely refraining from doing any such thing during his hearings on press ethics and practices? Just as we surmised on this blog...
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Forget #Leveson. Journalism’s future is about being held to account by us,...
Lord Justice Leveson believes — or must now pretend that he does, for political reasons we explained in a recent post: [B]loggers and tweeters … have no real reputation for accuracy or reliability but...
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The press is telling hair-raising porkies about ♯Leveson: true or false? A...
@5th, a stimulating visitor to this site with a particular interest in open-access online education, said in a comment on a recent ♯Leveson post here: [A]s long as the press establishment is tightly...
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How Lord Justice #Leveson let down everyone who cares about the practice of...
A few days ago, The New York Times columnist David Brooks, arguing from first principles, made the case against a partisan press incontrovertibly. Like all the best essayists, he did this by also...
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Britain’s government ‘moderates’ The Guardian as a commenter on its...
Why was The Guardian so unembarrassed by the inconsistency of making such a fuss about being forbidden by Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ) to publish any more revelations about the extent...
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Will judge Leveson become one of history’s heroes not for debugging and...
… [ This is a long post — ‘Many cups of coffee!’ as Manne, a Finnish friend, once warned us in a preface to a letter. ] … We have been surprised to notice that an important but cautiously worded public...
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