New Statesman
By Michael Marshall - 14 May 12:28

Most PR-commissioned surveys are bunk – but it's not just Michael Gove who cites them.

Australian Daily Telegraph.
By John Pilger - 08 May 12:17

In Australia, hard-won rights are being buried beneath corporate might.

Andrew Wakefield and supporters in 2010. Photo: Getty
By Martin Robbins - 13 April 15:52

The Independent should not have run the discredited doctor's claims on its front page today, says Martin Robbins.

Former Sun editor Kelvin Mackenzie leaves the High Court after giving evidence.
By Alex Andreou - 29 March 16:56

The claim that the public benefits from a "raucous press" is almost entirely fictional. In the meantime, the likes of Lucy Meadows are trampled on.

New Statesman
By Caroline Crampton - 26 March 18:30

You'll get 20 free articles from telegraph.co.uk a month, and then you'll have to pay.

That self-regulation has failed is unarguable. Photograph: Getty Images
By New Statesman - 21 March 1:09

The New Statesman does not see its interests served by regulation designed to suit politicians.

Hugh Grant: more attractive without the pig snout, but only just. Photo: Getty
By Alex Andreou - 15 March 16:10

Much of the press seems to be belly-down on the supermarket floor, punching the linoleum, kicking out and screaming WAAH WAAH BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE REGULATED. Here are ten truths the media needs to hear.

Photograph: Getty Images
By Steven Baxter - 14 March 13:55

There will be a "tougher" press regulator, we are told. But what of all the hours of testimony and hard-fought recommendations in the Leveson report? Were they all for nothing?

New Statesman
By Scott Bryan - 13 March 10:05

The Daily Express doesn’t like The EU.

Disco Queen. Photo: Getty
By Helen Lewis - 10 March 13:29

Interrogating the Mail on Sunday's tissue-thin front-page story.

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 23 February 10:33

The must-read comment and analysis from today's papers.

Lord Justice Leveson. Photograph: Getty Images
By Brian Cathcart - 22 February 14:43

The noise about supposed Leveson "outrages" is getting worse, says Brian Cathcart.

Hilary Mantel, photographed for the New Statesman by Leonie Hampton in 2012.
By Caroline Crampton - 22 February 8:25

I was present for the author's so-called "attack" on the Duchess of Cambridge. It was nothing of the sort.

These are not the bikini pics you are looking for. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 13 February 10:45

Italian magazine Chi — owned by Silvio Berlusconi — has published the unauthorised pictures of the Duchess.

By Peter Wilby - 24 January 6:34

Peter Wilby's "First Thoughts" column.

Members of the Muslim community shopping in Whitechapel in London.
By Rob Ford - 21 January 13:53

This kind of evidence-free, stereotype-laden assault on the British Muslim community has got to stop, says Rob Ford.

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 17 January 13:07

Heavy cross-promotion.

The website for MissTravel.com.
By Michael Marshall - 04 January 15:45

As the Daily Mail celebrates success in their online porn campaign, Michael Marshall explores the PR influence behind their headlines.

Former Times editor James Harding
By Peter Wilby - 19 December 6:36

Peter Wilby's "First Thoughts" column.

David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street in London. Photograph: Getty Images.
By New Statesman - 12 December 17:25

The negotiations over press regulation have all the makings of the kind of cosy establishment stitch-up that has allowed journalistic malpractice to flourish for so long.

Maria Miller, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Photograph: Getty
By George Eaton - 12 December 11:57

Culture Secretary's special adviser warned Telegraph reporter of her boss's involvement in press regulation.

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