The Press Complaints Commission has ruled in favour Jan Moir of the Daily Mail. The shamed journalist wrote a repugnant and poorly timed piece just days after the sad death of popstar Stephen Gately in October last year.
After it's publication, the PPC received over 25,000 complaints including ones from Gately's partner, Andrew Cowles. But the commission still decided not to uphold any claims of wrongdoing on Moir's part and said that "should be slow to prevent columnists from expressing their views, however controversial they might be".
Morals; They are something that the PPC, Ofcom or indeed anyone rarely takes into consideration and they clearly did not come into play when the Commission made this awful decision. I'm sorry, but 25,000 people should not be quietened by a isolated panel of no doubt, Daily Mail readers (and Conservatives) which often, only speaks for the minority.
Bad decision. Shame on the PPC. Shame on Moir.
We're off
14 years ago
shame on moir and also shame on the pcc.this woman has caused nothing only heart ache to stephens heart broken family and to his husband.what is wrong surely can they not see what she has gone and done and she should pay the price for that.i wonder if he was black and a straight person would she have wrote that?i dont think so.of course the pcc would be in favour of moir because she works for the flipping paper and in their eyes she is the best sense sliced bread.i am very angry as i am sure many of his fans through out the world are.i loved and adored steven gately and boyzone,are we made to think that thats the end of this i sure hope not.how does andrew cowles feel among all this.if he didnt care he would not have complained would he.why is the paper in her favour she cant do anything wrong?but she has and when someone does something wrong in my eyes they should be punished.r.i.p steven
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