Gay rights group criticises PCC after Jan Moir/Stephen Gately decision
Ben Summerskill of Stonewall says it's hard to recommend anyone from minority community complain to PCCThe chief executive of gay rights group Stonewall today claimed it was "very difficult to recommend" that anyone from a minority community complain to the Press Complaints Commission, after its ruling on Jan Moir's Stephen Gately column.Ben Summerskill, a former Observer journalist, criticised the PCC's role as the press industry's self-regulator over Moir's Daily Mail article, a piece that he ...
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