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Monday 23 April 2007
How about a bonfire of the Vanity Fairs?
The green issue of the US magazine - all Beautiful People photographed on glaciers - shows how pompous environmentalism has become.

Wednesday 11 April 2007
What’s worse than Big Brother? Little Brother
Tessa Mayes reports on how the British government is recruiting children to spy on and ‘re-educate’ the adult population.

Monday 2 April 2007
Harassing the paparazzi
The right to take pictures of and write about public figures is far more important than the privacy of Prince William's girlfriend.

Monday 26 February 2007
Naming and shaming ‘enviro-criminals’
Like a poor man’s FBI Most Wanted List, Gloucester Council in England is publishing photos of those it deems guilty of anti-green crimes.

Wednesday 21 February 2007
The other e-petition
A Hampshire photographer has taken a stand against the suspicion and restrictions snappers face due to the 'paedophile panic'.

Friday 1 December 2006
More news from the world, please
Whatever you think of the tabloid editor who bugged Princes Charles and William, the fact is reporters must sometimes break the law.

Friday 15 September 2006
Al-Jazeera: no laughing matter?
Why a private spoof video made by BBC staff for a colleague leaving for Al-Jazeera caused a media outcry.

Wednesday 3 August 2005
Costing commitment
Who would a cohabitation law be for?

Wednesday 27 July 2005
Blanket coverage from Therapy News
In the wake of the London bombs, reporters gave us their feelings, not the facts.

Wednesday 23 March 2005
It wasn’t me wot done it
Former Mirror editor Piers Morgan tries to laugh off his role in lowering journalistic standards.

Friday 1 October 2004
Princess of privacy
Caroline of Monaco went shopping for censorship at the European Court, and found just what she was looking for.

Wednesday 25 August 2004
Emotional news in the Control Room
A British journalist thinks Al-Jazeera has more in common with Western news channels than its critics like to admit.

Wednesday 10 March 2004
The heart of the matter
The pulse of political life shouldn't be tested by gossip about the state of the prime minister's health.

Friday 30 January 2004
The chilling of investigative journalism
Law lords should not judge what reporters can and cannot say.

Tuesday 5 August 2003
Who needs a privacy law?
A government committee proposes regulating the media regulators - and still claims to believe in a free press.

Thursday 17 April 2003
Courting celebrities
The Zeta Jones privacy case ends in confusion - and yet another restriction on free speech.

Thursday 31 October 2002
Ulrikitis
The Ulrika Jonsson story represents a new low in confessional journalism.

Thursday 31 October 2002
Ulrikitis
The Ulrika Jonsson story represents a new low in confessional journalism.

Tuesday 22 October 2002
Privacy vs free speech: two competing rights?
Part Two of the spiked-report 'Restraint or Revelation? Free speech and privacy in a confessional age'.

Tuesday 22 October 2002
A qualified right to free speech
Part Three of the spiked-report 'Restraint or Revelation? Free speech and privacy in a confessional age'.

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