Media Reform Coalition

Hypocrites! The Sun and Russell Brand

by Charles Brown It is reassuring when you see a great campaigning newspaper like the Sun, renowned for its…..

Election 2015: Making Media Reform a Manifesto Issue

You are warmly invited to a meeting in Parliament on Monday 1 December 6.30pm-8pm in Committee Room 10, Houses of…..

Guest post by Norman Solomon: Journalism, Whistleblowing and the Security State

by Norman Solomon Each in its own way, the British and U.S. governments are assaulting freedom of the press. On one…..

Transparency, what transparency?

As FOI requests for detail on meetings between the Cabinet Secretary and the press are turned down, MRC asks: Two years after the Leveson Inquiry, why are the UK government’s dealings with the media still shrouded in secrecy?

The Hackers Hacked and Press Freedom in Peril

By Angela Phillips For the first time since the start of the hacking enquiries, the British Press is speaking with…..

Green Party backs restrictions on media ownership and support for local independent media

Green Party conference today (7 September 2014) supported a call for far tighter restrictions on the concentration of print and…..

Press Complaints Commission: Daily Mail breached The Editors’ Code

by Jon Danzig The Press Complaints Commission has ruled that the Daily Mail breached The Editors’ Code on…..

Daily Express Fury About Illegal Immigrants

by Jon Danzig A recent Daily Express front page headline screamed, ‘Fury over Britain’s 2m illegal migrants’. Yet, on closer scrutiny, the…..

Long Grass Grows Quicker in the Summer – A Response to the Government’s Response to its Media Ownership Consultation

by Des Freedman Those HR people in the Culture Department are a hard-nosed bunch. Instead of letting civil servants working…..

Media wars over Gaza: Why British broadcasters are still failing in their scrutiny of Israeli officials

by Justin Schlosberg As the latest Israeli bombardment of Gaza intensifies, so do accusations of media bias from both sides…..

Why Rupert Murdoch’s plan to rule the media world still needs newspapers more than TV

by Justin Schlosberg Rupert Murdoch’s latest bid for empire expansion has fallen on deaf ears. His offer to buy Time Warner for…..

Immigration in the Media debate 16/7/14

How are migrants and ethnic minorities represented in the media? What role does the media play in the immigration debate? Join…..

The Meaning of the Hacking Trial: A Free Press Would Be A Really Good Idea

by Des Freedman When asked what he thought of western civilisation, the Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi replied that ‘I…..

Hacking Trial: Lessons from the ‘Media Trial of the Century’

As the verdicts are returned, Granville Williams reflects on what has been described as ‘the media trial of the century’. After eight…..

Five reasons why Ed Miliband’s flirtation with The Sun was a disaster

Ed Miliband’s decision to pose with a copy of the Sun’s World Cup special that was delivered to households across…..

The Phone Hacking Trial: Interview with Martin Hickman

Ahead of the jury’s verdict following the phone hacking trial, the Media Reform Coalition spoke with Martin Hickman, former Independent…..

It’s grim down under – Australia, Murdoch and political control

by Granville Williams. ‘Big Media & Internet Titans’ is available from www.cpbf.org.uk A report in the Brisbane Times, 12 June…..

Free Russian journalists arrested in Ukraine

Sign the international petition demanding the immediate release of journalists arrested as “terrorists” in Russia. In light of the recent…..

Murdoch buying Murdoch – nothing to worry about?

by Des Freedman When information leaked out last weekend about BSkyB’s proposal to buy 21st Century Fox’s share of pay-TV…..

The problem with local media: An industry gutting itself

By Emma Hughes ‘The best stories I’ve ever got started life scribbled on the back of a beer mat in…..

Media ownership: power and influence in the hands of the few

By Frances O’Grady Some like to tell me that we have the best ever media, with the internet opening up…..