by reporting watch team | Sep 5, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
We’ve written about the so-called “muslim foster care case” already (here and here). We’ve been somewhat critical of the coverage by The Times. But we are a little concerned that some of the criticism we have seen of media reports, particularly...
by David Burrows | Aug 29, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Transparency News
Freedom of expression: are children’s interests ‘paramount’? In her update on transparency on the Transparency Project blog ‘Lucy R’ raised what has been said by Sir James Munby P: that ‘the interests of the child are NOT paramount on questions of...
by Sarah P | Aug 28, 2017 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
On 28th August 2017 The Times published a story about a white Christian child ‘forced’ into a (presumably) brown skinned Muslim family The prominent placement of this report on the front page with its eerie image of the little white girl being led away by...
by Barbara Rich | Aug 25, 2017 | Comment
A few months ago, Paul Magrath wrote a post on the figures behind the Daily Telegraph’s headline “financial abuse rockets as more powers of attorney challenged by courts”, showing that the rocket turned out to be a very small damp squib. The subject of that post...
by reporting watch team | Aug 18, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
This is a sad and unsatisfactory story. In November last year, the Court of Appeal allowed an appeal brought by an unnamed social worker and an unnamed police officer against findings of an unnamed judge against them. The unusual feature of the case was that neither...
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