The Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom reports on a survey by the NUJ on the exploitation of young workers in media organisations.

The contents of the memo detailing a 2004 meeting between Bush and Blair remain in the public interest, write the CPBF, but it remains in the government’s interest to keep them hidden.

The court of appeal has ruled that reporting restrictions on a leaked memo containing details of a meeting in 2004 between Tony Blair and George Bush must remain in place, even while acknowledging that the initial grounds on which restrictions were based were incorrect, write the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom.

Respect MP George Galloway has accused the BBC of banning the hit single ‘War’, which features a Tony Blair look-alike in the accompanying video, over fears that its pro-peace message will offend the government.

A detailed investigation into how the media covered the 2003 war in Iraq has found that commentators who questioned the Coalition line were given little chance to make their point.

The Palestine Return Centre adds its voice to complants against Panorama’s recent ‘Faith, Hate and Charity’ programme.

Panorama’s recent programme on the British charity Interpal has been called a “wholly unbalanced and incomplete picture”, and accused of conforming to a particular political agenda.

Mr Justice Eady granted a permanent injunction against David Shayler in the High Court today (Friday 28 July). In a breathtaking ruling, Eady stated that David was not entitled to present evidence or cross-examine his accusers (again), but instead issued a summary judgement based on assertions made by MI5. The Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom report.

“In a world where our country is taken into an illegal war on flawed evidence, where people in the UK can be imprisoned without trial on the word of the intelligence services, and where the threat of terrorist attack is a daily fear, we need to know that those responsible for Britain’s security are really doing all they can to protect us. Whistleblowers should be protected not prosecuted.”