Roy Greenslade is not happy with Justice Mann’s judgement on the Cliff Richard case.
Mr Justice Mann has created a precedent whereby a celebrity’s right to privacy trumps the public’s right to know. The BBC has to appeal
Actually, a suspect’s right to privacy before any arrest or charges does trump the public’s right to know. You know, innocent until proved guilty. The BBC were a disgrace (okay, okay, no change there, then) and have rightfully suffered in the courts for their behaviour.
Greenslade is trying to defend his profession – pah! professions, the oldest one has more honour than this bunch of scurrilous scumbags.
The monstering he receives in the comments suggest that he is a tad out of step here. Apparently, comments will be closing soon. Heh!
Precedents like innocent until proven guilty? Even for semi retired celebrities?
Journalists prefer trial by media.
Just so they can claim on their Lynchin’ vouchers?
Baboom tish!
“…You know, innocent until proved guilty. …”
Exactly. We discussed this at work. Conclusion: BBC wants guilty until proven innocent for any to right or libertarian of there marxist pc doctrine.
As in the disgusting & disgraceful Lionel Jefferies case in Bristol, although the journos are culpable, it is not (principally ) their fault.
It’s the bloody cops, “leaking” confidential information – almost all of which could be prejudical to any possible trial.
There is no general public ‘Right to know’. Claiming something as a Right does not make it so.
In the event of being accused of a crime, there is a Right to know who your accuser is and cross-examine him/her. This does not apply in accusations of decades old sexual misbehaviour apparently.
Even now the BBC still don’t “get it” that colluding with the Yorkshire Police to attend someone’s home while they raid it not only with a camera crew but also a helicopter and then running a story alleging Cliff Richard is a Paedo is somewhere is on the wrong side of the whole “invasion of privacy” argument.
And even now, having been find hundreds of thousands by the court the two producers are not only still in thier jobs but the BBC is still running pieces all week where they get to repeat that same allegation against Cliff Richard all over again under the auspices of ‘reporting the trial’, but of course with emphasis on the (false) allegations.
Shameful stuff by the BBC.
If the Bat and Ball Club was so right to share the Cliff Richard home search with the world, why didn’t they tell us at the time about Fiona Onasanya from Peterborough who was in court two weeks ago for the same sort of offence that got Chris Huhne and ex-wife porridge!