Rod Liddle censured by Press Complaints Commission for comments on black men
The Guardian reports:
The former BBC Radio 4 Today editor Rod Liddle has been censured by the press watchdog for a blog on the Spectator website in which he incorrectly claimed that the “overwhelming majority” of violent crime in London was carried out by young African-Caribbean men.
It is the first time the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has upheld a complaint against a newspaper or magazine over the content of a blog by a journalist.
In its ruling, the PCC said it recognised that blog posts were often intended to be provocative and prompt debate, but said it expected “the same standards in newspaper and magazine blogs that it would expect in comment pieces that appear in print editions”.
Read the full article in the guardian here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/mar/29/rod-liddle-pcc-spectator