Up to date examples: the PCC

The last week has brought the PCC sharply into the media focus once again. It is essential that you have up to date examples to use in the exam.

Jan Muir
Read the article below, it was written by Jan Muir and published in The Daily Mail last week.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1220756/A-strange-lonely-troubling-death--.html
It has received over a thousand complaints to the PCC, mostly via email, twitter and other online means.

• Read the article and decide what people could be complaining about.
• What wider social issues does this case bring up?

Trafigura

The Guardian has been locked in a five week court wrangle with Trafigura (oil traders) over their right to report on the Minton report.

Read the following stories:

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=44484&c=1

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/audio/2009/oct/16/media-talk-podcast-trafigura-press-freedom

• What wider social issues does this case bring up?

Starsuckers vs. The Tabloids

Last week a story broke about how much certain tabloids were willing to pay for "private" information. Read the article below.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/15/starsuckers-celebrity-cosmetic-surgery-hoax

• What wider social issues does this case bring up?