Does Anyone Else Wonder If We Should Write To The Press Complaints Commission

[Tangerineandturquoise]

And ask that they have some guidelines to ensure more responsible reporting of cases where children are removed and or placed for adoption

It would give more weight to genuine cases of abuse or flaws in the system and
It would be fairer to the adoptees and adopters who have to exist in the shadow of some very negative reporting

Agree. Where do I sign!?

Agreed I was horrified to see even the Telegraph jump on the "Toddler put up for adoption because Parents are heavy smokers" bandwagon

Yes, I agree will sign.

I think this is a good idea. It should strongly feature arguments about how this harms children - the children directly affected, who may read this coverage in later life, but also all those children of parents who avoid seeking help/co-operating with social services.

Tangerine, are you volunteering to co-ordinate us, or do you want someone else to?

I'll start by saying I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS IS CORRECT.... But I thought you could only make a complaint regarding a specific article within so many months of it being published? Though I'm sure if we all picked one and all wrote about it in duplicate, it may get taken even more seriously and any impact on one publication would put the fear of God into the others? I do know the press complaints commission were replaced with something else but work on the same code being breached. And that's the end of my random knowledge (accurate or not) on the press I'll write or sign something if it's doable though, count me in. But sorry if that is indeed wrong.

....or all articles from all newspapers about the recent smoking one.

Independent Press Standards Organisation is the new one...

www.ipso.co.uk/IPSO/makingacomplaint.html#Our_remit

....or all articles from all newspapers about the recent smoking one.

Independent Press Standards Organisation is the new one...

www.ipso.co.uk/IPSO/makingacomplaint.html#Our_remit

I am happy to co-ordinate and draft a letter if people are happy- I also think if we do something we should send a scaled down letter to all national papers.

I am happy to draft a letter-and also another to write to each of the nationals.
If any stories have stuck in your mind if you post them here I shall try and reference them as an annex to IPSO'S letter

I'll sign. Was truly horrified by how a few sentences have been reported as the sole reason.

I am in!

I'm in!

Oh yes, count me in!

I'm in too.

Urgh. I just made the mistake of reading a Daily Mail article on Denise Robertson's book. Count me in too. All these awful and ignorant 'forced adoption' articles seem to be gathering too much pace for my liking.

I'm in, too. You expect Daily Mail to go with the story with a scaremongering headline but I was aghast that the Guardian did it too. And the BBC.

I'm in (though will need to check IPSO remit for overseas folk)

Good idea. I'm in.

I'm happy to sign, sounds like a great idea. Thanks.

Pls do. These headlines are so misleading and damaging to adoptive families.

Hi guys. I am a new poster here. I have been tearing my hair out the past couple of weeks over all this uneducated, uninformed, one-sided anti adoption media coverage in papers and on TV. I have just stumbled across this post and definitely want to be a part of it - and know I can get several more adopters on board. What can I do to help ?