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
16 years ago
