A few weeks ago, I was one of millions who had never heard the name Samantha Brick. However, since her self-praising article entitled “why do women hate me for being beautiful?” caused a media storm, she has become a house hold name. Bricks’ article, which claimed that ten out of ten men at a dinner [...]
A Snickers Twitter advertising campaign is under investigation by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) following complaints about the brand’s use of several celebrity Twitter accounts. The campaign was fronted by celebrities including Rio Ferdinand, Katie Price and Cher Lloyd, all of whom took payment in return for advertising Snickers on their Twitter. The ASA has launched [...]
Like many other people this Christmas, I unwrapped a Kindle. According to tentative analyst estimates, over one million people received an iPad or Kindle on Christmas Day this year. However, the increasing popularity of such devices has been said to contribute to the already wavering sales of printed newspapers. News organisations, with knowledge of this [...]
I recently blogged about The Wright Stuff’s controversial phone-in debate centred on the Amanda Knox appeal case which led several viewers to complain to the media regulator Ofcom. Since then, the show has faced yet more scrutiny as it has been announced as the most complained about TV show of 2011. The Channel 5 host [...]
The Daily Star was a little desperate for a breaking story last week as the red top tabloid strongly misled the public on a story concerning a member of the x-factors winning girl group Little Mix. In order to dish the dirt, the tabloid had to go back to an incident which happened six years before 20 year-old [...]
The BBC’s hit series Frozen Planet came under scrutiny this week as it emerged that several scenes of the documentary were shot in fake scenery, misleading viewers. Eight million viewers were led to believe the dramatic footage of a polar bear tending to her newborn cubs during the ‘Winter’ episode had been captured by BBC [...]
It is fair to say that the media coverage of the Amanda Knox appeal case back in early October will not go down as one of Britain’s finest media moments. Firstly we had the channel 5 presenter Mathew Wright controversially asking via a phone-in debate “Foxy-Knoxy: Would ya?” which led several viewers to complain to [...]
The gruesome media coverage of the capture and death of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has provoked widespread objection throughout the online world. The use of disturbing images of Gaddafi’s bloody demise were spread all over the UK’s national newspapers today, sparking great debate on websites such as Twitter, the Guardian and the BBC. Many [...]