Press complaints (the unofficial site) - alpha

Example model complaints:

These are some high profile cases the PCC has dealt with in recent years. We have gone through them to add as much contextual information as possible.

• Clare Balding v The Sunday Times Sept. 17, 2010
  Adjudication upheld against the Sunday Times after Clare Balding complained about A A Gill's article referring to her as a 'dyke on a bike' as being discriminatory, as it was clearly used in a pejorative manner.
• Heather Mills v The Mail on Sunday June 3, 2010
  Adjudication not upheld against The Mail on Sunday after Heather Mills complained of inaccuracies in a report saying that Piers Morgan had introduced her to Paul McCartney. It was not upheld since it was not in dispute that it was at an event organised by Mr Morgan's newspaper that Sir Paul had seen Ms Mills for the first time.
• Andrew Cowles v Daily Mail Feb. 19, 2010
  Adjudication not upheld against the Daily Mail after complaints were made that Jan Moir's article about Stephen Gately's death was inaccurate and homophobic, as it was based on what was known at the time, and it only used critical innuendo and was not discriminatory of the individual, so did not breach the code.
• Fabio Capello v Daily Mail Dec. 31, 2009
  The Daily Mail apologised to the Capellos and donated money to the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation after their complaint about intrusive images taken of them on holiday.
• John Terry v The Sun April 30, 2009
  Adjudication not upheld against the Sun about the complaint made by John Terry that he was irrelevant to a story about his relatives shoplifting. PCC concluded he was relevant to the story and it did not reveal any connections which were not already public.

We will be marking up other cases in the database throughout the year. If you have suggestions for what we should include, please get in touch