Comments on: Paul Dacre complains about ‘myths’

By: Some statistics on the papers and the Press Complaints Commission « Atomic Spin

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:16:53 +0000

[...] self-regulating – it is, ultimately, run by the press to moderate the press. Plenty of people have questioned this arrangement, and MPs have called the organisation “toothless“. So how [...]

By: You’re Grown Ups, You Make Up Your Own Mind « Keine Grenzen

You’re Grown Ups, You Make Up Your Own Mind « Keine Grenzen — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:11:02 +0000

[...] the difference between thorough, quality journalism and the peddling of conjecture and myth (see Antonvowl's excellent blogpost on the subject). Most importantly, we are free to consume this information and make a those value judgements on [...]

By: Law and Media Round Up: 1 August 2010 « Inforrm's Blog

Law and Media Round Up: 1 August 2010 « Inforrm's Blog — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:29:33 +0000

[...] worth reading the comments at the bottom of the Greenslade Blog. The Enemies of Reason blog has a characteristically forceful analysis of Mr Dacre’s [...]

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:58:10 +0000

With no hint of irony, Dacre claims that critics of the PCC “sadly perpetuate opinions founded more in prejudice and preconception than fact.” Not only does he preside over arguably the most bigoted newspaper in the country, but also over the Code Committee which seeks to protect the rights of papers such as his to continue peddling such unfounded, inaccurate and offensive rubbish without suffering the repercussions.

By: pak

pak — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:24:39 +0000

“…work out how good journalism – which is, by its nature, expensive – is going to survive financially in an internet age…”

WikiLeaks, bitch. That’s how it’s gonna survive.

By: The Project76 Blog » Blog Archive » Backs To The Wall (Part 325): I Can’t Believe It’s Not The Mail!

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:17:53 +0000

[...] continued with talk of a PCC complaint (and we all know how well that particular organisation works, right?) and various opinions being shared on Twitter, ending with a Guardian article appearing online this [...]

By: James

James — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:03:00 +0000

“If our critics spent as much zeal trying to help reverse this tragic situation and work out how good journalism – which is, by its nature, expensive – is going to survive financially in an internet age, then democracy and the public’s right to know would be much better served.”

In other news, the man who stops by my house every day to push shit through my letterbox knocked on the door this morning and complained “Well, if you came round and unblocked my toilet, I wouldn’t need to”

By: Winegums

Winegums — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:29:21 +0000

His comment about good journalism being expensive made me choke on my coffee. Even by todays medias standards, with all its “copy and paste press releases, or rewrite reuters releases”, the daily mail stands tall as one of the worst offenders of poor journalism in the UK.

The fact that joe blogger can de-construct and disprove an entire article with one phone call, or by checking one website, says a lot about what the mail produces.

Also, you’re right that his writing is poor, which is very concerning given he’s an editor. I think I read about two paragraphs then skipped the rest.

By: Tim Beadle

Tim Beadle — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:56:43 +0000

Aww, bless. The press is in trouble, is it? Circulation going down, is it? Surely it’s nothing to do with people not trusting what they read in the papers, because it’s agenda-driven myth-making garbage? If only Dacre could do something about this ‘tragedy’ – I mean, it’s not as if he’s one of the highest paid directors of one of the country’s biggest newspaper publishers, is it? He’s helpless to try and stop the slide. His hands are tied, you see.

/me applauds