SKY NEWS SCANDAL
Sky’s decision to pull a November 9 report on the violence in Amsterdam is under fire.
31,000 people have signed a petition calling on Ofcom to investigate.
And an investigation by the New York Times seriously undermines Sky’s revised version.
SKY NEWS
Did the pro-Israel views of Sky News editor Sandy Rashty affect the channel’s coverage of the violence in Amsterdam?
BREAKING
LUKE AKEHURST
— did he break House of Commons rules when he accepted a donation from a foreign national?
— and did he fail to register a gift from an important pro-Israel lobbyist?
Press Gang investigates …
https://open.substack.com/pub/paddyfrench/p/parachute-luke-tel-aviv-south?
Could the secret owner of the paper be an American billionaire who’s a friend and golf partner with Donald Trump?
https://paddyfrench.substack.com/publish/posts/detail/149783804/share-center
Ex-Times editor James Harding plans a takeover of the Observer.
Press Gang explores a murky bid from Harding’s Tortoise Media for “the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper” …
… and exposes the gulf that exists the values of right wing Harding and those of the Observer.
On the BBC and Palestine-Israel, they’re virtually on opposite sides.
UPDATE: the press watchdog, Ipso, issued a statement in response to Press Gang questions:
“We are carefully reviewing developments at the Jewish Chronicle. As regulator, IPSO’s role is to protect high editorial standards to promote a robust and trusted newspaper, magazine and digital news industry. We are ready to intervene where we have concerns about standards issues. We have no further comment to share at this time.”
New revelations about Elon Perry, the “journalist” accused of fabricating a @JewishChron story to support Netanyahu.
Will @ipso finally launch a Standards investigation — maximum potential fine £1m — following this latest scandal?
THE UNTOLD, inside story of how Piers Morgan helped to create the journalistic monster — Mazher “Fake Sheik” Mahmood.
And how Morgan even turned a blind eye when Mahmood lied in court …
https://paddyfrench.substack.com/publish/posts/detail/148371499?referrer=/publish/posts
A FLURRY of changes at the Jewish Chronicle have left the mystery of who actually owns the paper unsolved …
PRESS GANG 