Surprise PCC Result!

Well, not really.

The complaint against Jan Moir and the Daily Mail wasn't upheld which I can't imagine is a surprise from a self-regulating body such as the PCC. In essence, papers can say what the fuck they want, and everybody else will just have to take it.

This would be OK if papers had any sense of moral centre or were utterly neutral but, of course, they're not. "Freedom of speech" has always been a banner to hide behind, rather than a truth to defend, for newspapers (should they, in fact, be allowed to be called newspapers?). Sell, sell, sell is the root drive; "no news is bad news" is only true for papers. There is no useful right to reply or complain; no meaningful apology or punishment when even a blatant untruth is published. And ironically, with journalists hating more and more the social networking communitites that call them out, no work beyond googling sat on one's arse and spouting opinion over it. 

I would reckon these days that journalists are viewed with the same degree of respect as MPs. Which is sad, in both cases, for the valuable ones.

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