{"id":76,"date":"2009-10-16T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/?p=76"},"modified":"2016-03-13T19:51:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T18:51:06","slug":"jan-moir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/jan-moir\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan Moir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/images\/janmoir.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/export_genericmt.php_files\/janmoirthmb.jpg\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; border: 0px solid;\" title=\"Twitter screen grab referring to Trafigura and Jan Moir\" alt=\"Twitter screen grab referring to Trafigura and Jan Moir\" class=\"pivot-image\"> <\/a>Incensed,<br \/>\nalong with countless others, at the article published by the Daily<br \/>\nMail, airing Jan Moir&#8217;s homophobic bile, I complained the PCC.  There<br \/>\nwas a special link on the PCC&#8217;s website to complain about Jan Moir,<br \/>\nclearly reflecting the huge reaction.  The reply I got is this:<br \/>\n&#8220;Dear David Kreps <br \/>\nThank you for sending us your complaint about the Daily Mail article on<br \/>\nthe subject of the death of Stephen Gately. We have received numerous<br \/>\ncomplaints about this matter.<br \/>\nI should first make clear that the Commission generally requires the<br \/>\ninvolvement of directly affected parties before it can begin an<br \/>\ninvestigation into an article. On this occasion, it may be a matter for<br \/>\nthe family of Mr Gately to raise a complaint about how his death has<br \/>\nbeen treated by the Daily Mail. I can inform you that we have made<br \/>\nourselves available to the family and Mr Gately&#8217;s bandmates, in order<br \/>\nthat they can use our services if they wish.<br \/>\nWe require the direct involvement of affected parties because the PCC<br \/>\nprocess can have a public outcome and it would be discourteous for the<br \/>\nCommission to publish information relating to individuals without their<br \/>\nknowledge or consent. Indeed, doing so might unwittingly add to any<br \/>\nintrusion. Additionally, one of the PCC&#8217;s roles is dispute resolution,<br \/>\nand we would need contact with the affected party in order to determine<br \/>\nwhat would be an acceptable means of settling a complaint.<br \/>\nOn initial examination, it would appear that you are, therefore, a third<br \/>\nparty to the complaint, and wemay not be able to pursue your concerns<br \/>\nfurther. However, if you feel that your complaint touches on claims that<br \/>\ndo not relate directly to Mr Gately or his family, please let us know,<br \/>\nmaking clear how they raise a breach of the Code of Practice. If you<br \/>\nfeel that the Commission should waive its third party rules, please make<br \/>\nclear why you believe this.<\/p>\n<p>Press Complaints Commission&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, the Press Complaints Commission, created by the Press, for the Press.  I, for one, am NOT impressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tubthumper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":993,"href":"https:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions\/993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}