by Sydney Smith on Aug 11, 2015
UK Mirror’s Undercover Islam Reporting on Parliament Candidate was in Public Interest, Regulator rule
It was in the public interest and newsworthy for the UK Daily Mirror to publish a secretly filmed tape as...
Undercover Reporting
by Sydney Smith on Jul 30, 2015
UK Sunday Times sued by fmr Parliament Member Tim Yeo for Libel
The UK Sunday Times is being sued for libel over an undercover investigation claiming former politician Tim Yeo was "behaved...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 15, 2015
UK Mirror Undercover Sexting Ruse OKed by Regulator
It was OK for a reporter to set up a sting posing as a woman on Twitter, according to the...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 25, 2014
UK Regulator Will Investigate Sext Sting without filed complaint, 1st time in UK
The UK's new regulator, the Independent Press Standards Organization (IPSO), is going to investigate on its own the Mirror's reporting,...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 05, 2014
UK Mirror reporter poses as woman, Sext Stings Politicians, New UK Press body to Investigate
The Sunday Mirror has defended its reporting that led to Brooks Newmark resigning as a member of Parliament because of...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 27, 2014
Fake Sheikh undercover reporter’s lack of credibility tanks another UK Prosecutor’s case
Mazher Mahmood, the controversial undercover journalist for News Corp's UK titles, has been held responsible for another criminal case being...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 24, 2014
Sun Reporter Suspended after Pop Star’s criminal trial is dismissed
The UK Sun suspended undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood this week. The reporter, who works undercover and is known as the...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 07, 2013
PCC rules on Local Newspaper Secret Recording: ‘Initial decision to engage in subterfuge’ NOT justified
The UK Press Complaints Commission ruled that the Kent and Sussex Courier, a local newspaper in Tunbridge Wells, UK, shouldn't...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 29, 2012
PCC Rules Undercover Reporting, Recording OK B/c in the Public Interest
Undercover reporting and recording of a public relations firm was in the public interest, the Press Complaints Commission reported. The...