A History of Newspaper Homophobia.
Paul Baker looks at the history of homophobia in the British press.
Permalink“Although the name-calling has largely disappeared, the negative attitudes took longer to shift, and the newspapers more narrowly focused their ire on ‘the gay lobby’ who kept demanding bizarre and unreasonable things like the right to fight for their country, or have their relationships acknowledged.”
The last days of the PCC.
Paul Baker welcomes the shut down of the Press Complaints Commission on the grounds that it didn’t do much in the way of good
Permalink“To my mind, getting journalists and editors to govern themselves is a bit like putting bullies in charge of the playground, and so the closure of the PCC is a hopeful step in the right direction.”
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