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INDEX - Media

 

30/11/2012

Leveson Report: The press has nothing to fear

A fair press is compatible with a free press

08/06/2012

Diamond Jubilee: A bad few days for journalism

Lack of balance & objectivity, dissenting voices excluded 

30/09/2010

BBC gay report is “flawed progress”
Some gay issues still not addressed

18/02/2010

Stephen Gately ruling shames press watchdog
Press Complaints Commission should be disbanded

01/02/2010

BBC - No longer the British Bigotry Corporation?
BBC research welcome, but LGBT coverage remains patchy

17/12/2009

BBC's shameful debate: Should homosexuals face execution?
Have Your Say team criticised, but debate encouraged

02/07/2009

Bruno, the movie - Does it fuel homophobia or subvert it?
This outrageous film will make both queers and bigots squirm

26/06/2009

Stonewall 40 - Our lost gay radicalism
Gay liberation was about freedom, not equality

25/06/2009

Pink Paper closes - Another blow for media diversity
LGBT community loses major news and debate outlet

03/03/2009

BBC accused of homophobia
Double standards on racism and homophobia

06/01/2009

BBC insults Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson with anti-lesbian slurs
"Munters and mingers" jibe by BBC Radio 5 presenter DJ Spoony

27/12/2008

Channel 4 gives prime time to President Ahmadinejad - torturer, murderer, racist
Insult to over 100,000 murdered Iranians, and thousands of plitical prisoners

11/09/2008Tehran targets ethnic journalists for arrest, jail, torture and execution
State crackdown on media freedom and minority nationalities
  • 03/03/2009 BBC accused of homophobia

    Double standards on racism and homophobia

27/12/2008 Channel 4 gives prime time to President Ahmadinejad - torturer, murderer, racist

Ahmadinejad's Christmas message was an insult to the 100,000 Iranians who have been murdered since the Islamists seized power in 1979

06/07/2007 Big Brother "Poof" Row - Channel 4 Double Standards

TV bosses treat homophobia differently from racism.

30/11/2005 Kerrang Radio Faces Rap for Gay Sex Prank

Ofcom to rule on invasion of privacy.

12/10/1999 The End of Media Homophobia?

Has the reporting of gay issues got better or is media homophobia now more subtle?

13/06/1998 Media Mendacity Over Outing - The Truth Behind the Headlines

Press coverage of the outing furore in 1994 and 1995 was one of the worst examples of media misrepresentation, double-standards, abuse and censorship.

20/03/1998 What about a Right of Reply?

Concern about press intrusion is overshadowing the need for a 'right of reply' to redress inaccurate and inflammatory reporting.

30/01/1998 The Mainstreaming of Gay Culture?

The greater cultural visibility of gay life is welcomed, but legal equality is still unrealised and media homophobia has merely become more subtle.

09/10/1997 Sex Homophobia and Media Lies

Proposals for-Press Reform: the rules against press intrusion protect only royalty and the rich. New laws to stop media homophobia and dishonest reporting are needed.

12/05/1993 British Bigotry Corporation

The BBC is accused of censorship, bias and the falsification of history.

25/01/1993 Evidence to the National Heritage Committee on the Press

A letter from Peter Tatchell.

25/01/1989 When Black Turns White and is Read All Over

The media lies, harassment and vilification experienced by Peter Tatchell when he stood for parliament in the Bermondsey by-election of 1983.

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