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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear all,<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Apologies for cross posting<BR>these links were
brought to my attention by a colleague. They are potentially very useful for
anyone researching media content on asylum seekers or related issues.<BR><BR>The
select committee on human rights, conducting an inquiry on how asylum seekers
are being treated by "the system", have decided to slightly widen their
scope to include how the national press cover asylum seekers.<BR>The transcript
of the session is on the web site as are some memos from the editors attempting
to outline their editorial practices.<BR>The transcript is at:<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200607/jtselect/jtrights/uc60-iv/uc6002.htm">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200607/jtselect/jtrights/uc60-iv/uc6002.htm</A>
<BR><BR>And the memos can be found at:<BR><A
href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200607/jtselect/jtrights/uc60-iv/uc6001.htm">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200607/jtselect/jtrights/uc60-iv/uc6001.htm</A>
<BR> <BR>The second one from the Daily Express - one of the more openly
racist UK newspapers at present - is particularly interesting. It is also
interesting to read the views of the PCC, given that they have never - that is,
<EM>never</EM> - upheld a single complaint of discrimination on the grounds of
race or ethnicity. See the following articles for details of this inaction:
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<DIV><BR>Frost, C. (2004), ‘The Press Complaints Commission: A Study of Ten
Years of Adjudications <BR>of Press Complaints’, Journalism Studies 5:1, pp.
101-114.<BR>or <BR>Petley, J. (2006), ‘Still No Redress from the PCC’, in E.
Poole and J. E. Richardson (eds) Muslims and the News Media, London: I.B.
Tauris, pp. 53-62.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>best wishes<BR>John<BR><BR><BR>------------------------------------<BR>John
E Richardson<BR>Dept of Social Sciences<BR>Loughborough University<BR>Epinal Way
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