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 [...]