Author Archives: Richard Peppiatt
A green light for the redtops | Richard Peppiatt
That you can’t libel the dead under English law means an apology is simply the cost of doing business for tabloid editorsIt is an interesting quirk of the English legal system that you can’t libel the dead. Very handy if you’re a tabloid news editor, a… Continue reading
Richard Desmond at the Leveson inquiry: no time for ethics
The former Daily Star reporter who quit in protest at alleged ‘anti-Muslim’ coverage reviews his former boss’s evidenceScruffy geezers doing Dan Dare stuff. South American chess correspondents. Talking drums with Tony Blair.Welcome to the world accordi… Continue reading »