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The Prince and the Press: Continuing the Discussion on Prince Harry and the UK Media

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MrsMaxDeWinter · 06/06/2023 10:12

A few weeks ago, there were three really great long running threads about Prince Harry and his battles against the UK "popular press."

I thought I would do one that looks at Harry's current court action.

For those interested in the kind of balanced view you won't get from the tabloids, all of whom face conflicts of interest, here is the Guardian take, which is the springboard for this discussion.

It is not possible to take any of the tabloids seriously when they report on Harry's legal cases. Former editor Alan Rusbridger, now of Prospect, has observed that all tabloids covering this story are acting unethically as they have not declared their conflicts of interest: Harry is suing all of their media houses.

The only papers with no conflict of interest are the Guardian, the Telegraph and the Financial Times.

So I will be following this from the Guardian live page.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/04/diana-meghan-and-the-tabloid-press-harry-finally-gets-his-day-in-court

Diana, Meghan and the tabloid press: Harry finally gets his day in court

The Duke of Sussex has made it his life’s work to change the British media landscape. He’ll get his chance this week in the phone hacking case against the Mirror Group

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/04/diana-meghan-and-the-tabloid-press-harry-finally-gets-his-day-in-court

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LilyMumsnet · 06/06/2023 17:50

Hi folks

This thread is getting derailed with personal remarks about posters.
Please can we ask that it stays on track? If not, then we may need to take it down.

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HopeMumsnet · 07/06/2023 14:02

Hi all,
We're really very glad to see this thread get back on track and we'd like to think that it will remain so. We will be having a word with some posters, but as a general point we'd like to remind posters that we moderate according to our guidelines and our guidelines alone.
Now might be a good opportunity for everyone to familiarise themselves with those guidelines so as not to risk coming a cropper in future. It might be wise to reflect on deleted posts (if you can remember what they were!)
We do believe that it must be possible for Mumsnetters to have a discussion about this high profile couple without it descending to goading and backbiting every time. Certainly that seems to be the case for this thread now and we are very hopeful that this marks a new outlook for this board.
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HopeMumsnet · 08/06/2023 09:00

Hi all,
Just to say that we'll be keeping a keen eye on this thread today (and not just because MN as ever provides the most ruthlessly efficient way to keep up with the hearing), pleased to see it still continues well. Do report any concerns or worries re guideline-breaking behaviour so that we don't derail the thread with back-and-forths again.
Weird coincidence about the cartoons.
Thanks!

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