McCann coverage an “obsession” for Express editor, Inquiry told
A journalist at the Daily Express who covered the disappearance of Madeleine McCann told the Leveson Inquiry that featuring the story on the front page became the editor’s “obsession”. Nick Fagge said...
View ArticleExpress Editor claims PCC ‘should have intervened’ in McCann coverage
The editor of the Daily Express has suggested to the Leveson Inquiry today that one of the reasons for the paper opting out of the Press Complaints Commission was because it failed to stop the tabloid...
View ArticleEx Express editor says McCann stories boosted circulation
The former editor of the Daily Express has denied claims made to the Leveson Inquiry that he was “obsessed” over coverage of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Peter Hill said it was an...
View Article38 bad, 68 good: Richard Desmond’s defence of Express McCann coverage
Richard Desmond, founder and owner of Daily Express owner Northern & Shell, today defended his editor’s coverage of missing toddler Madeleine McCann despite the volume of defamatory articles the...
View ArticleFree speech? Not when a newspaper sets a private eye on a journalist
Cross-posted at Hacked Off Peter Hill was editor of the Daily Express for seven years, from the end of 2003 to early 2011. Among his claims to fame is that he edited the newspaper throughout the...
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