Comments on: PCC rules on Jan Moir: a strange and troubling ruling.

By: Was the PCC right over the Moir column? « Shane Croucher

Was the PCC right over the Moir column? « Shane Croucher — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:38:24 +0000

[...] sentiments, and choice of words and phrases in their adjudication are peculiar. Malcolm Coles highlights some over on his blog: PCC: “While many complainants considered that there was an underlying tone [...]

By: Karyn

Karyn — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:44:52 +0000

Not that surprising. Take a look at the latest complaint stats - they're on the PCC website. The ratio of lodged complaints to upheld complaints is... well, take a look.

By: Matthew Cain

Matthew Cain — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:20:05 +0000

I think the PCC made absolutely the right decision - based on the code and past precedent. But the body remains opaque and unaccountable and without reform, people are going to lose faith in the system of press self-regulation.

http://blog.matthewcain.co.uk/the-pcc-got-it-right-on-jan-moir-complaint/

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:47:05 +0000

Quite frankly, this couldn't have gone much better for Jan Moir. Now everyone knows her name (albeit for the wrong reasons) and she wasn't even given a slap on the wrists for her obviously inappropriate remarks.

This sets a great precedent for all other writers wanting a bit of instant publicity.

By: Gary McLachlan

Gary McLachlan — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:56:06 +0000

The whole tone was offensive - phrases like "he could barely carry a tune in a Louis Vuitton trunk" and "like a broken teacup in the rented cottage" are so obviously a linguistic swipe at homosexuals and Jan Moir's middle-class perception of the kinds of sex *all* gay men have. She claimed that she wasn't being deliberately offensive and her use of words was accidental or innocent - I'd say she's a lying cow who quite obviously chose the words she used to skirt the boundaries of manimum offence.