New police media guidance aims to reset post-Leveson culture of suspicion
New guidance allows off-the-record briefings and encourages police openness.
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Police sorry for harassment warning to journalist who contacted councillor
Councillor contacted over alleged criminal admissions.
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Coverage of UK courts threatening to become state-sponsored monopoly
Editors urged to to use independent reports rather than on-side police press releases.
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Police told to do better to fill information void like one that fuelled Southport riots
Policing boss says forces need to be "more open when dealing with mainstream media".
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Essex Police loses accuracy complaint versus Telegraph over Allison Pearson questioning
IPSO also rules that it is fine for publishers to cover ongoing criminal investigations.
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UK ‘at risk of evolving into propaganda regime’ with unenforced FOI rules and official secrecy
Journalists interviewed for a study said failure to comply with FOI rules at public bodies is now "par for the…
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Southport knife attack misinformation due to police PR secrecy say crime journalists
College of Policing has written to Attorney General seeking changes to PR policies.
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Journalists no longer bracketed with criminals in police guidance
College of Policing counter-corruption guidance changed three years after complaint made.
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