tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917932169846040654.post926987280762529342..comments2024-02-26T16:52:31.026+00:00Comments on Jon Slattery: 'Sun journalists being treated like a criminal gang'Jon Slatteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13038317396308507738noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917932169846040654.post-4600966999433759602012-02-13T19:00:53.356+00:002012-02-13T19:00:53.356+00:00I'm glad The Sun has stood up for itself (thro...I'm glad The Sun has stood up for itself (through a columnist) but there is still a certain irony to the piece (as there is with many Trev Kavanagh rants).<br />He complains about early morning raids, wasn't The Sun criticised last week for turning up with the police when they raided Harry Redknapp's house.<br />Trev rightly points out there is no Leeveson style inquiry into the banking industry. Isn't part of the problem though that politicians are complicit in the banking collapse, while Leevson dominates the news agenda as so much of it is celebrity driven?<br />TwmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917932169846040654.post-47553714746355571022012-02-13T15:46:39.009+00:002012-02-13T15:46:39.009+00:00If recent reports that one of the arrests was rega...If recent reports that one of the arrests was regarding a £50 lunch with a copper then the world's gone mad. If that's true, they'll have to be many, many more arrests, as entertaining contacts is standard for any journalist worth his salt. Why, I had dinner and played snooker with one of Leveson's panel three years ago when he was in a senior public position and I was editing a newspaper - does that mean he has to stand down or that I should be arrested?? On the arrests more generally... as a former regional editor and a media watcher, I'm sure that some at News International may have gone too far IF actual payments were ever made - although we should all remember these are 'arrests' only - there are no charges and bails could last months.Steve Dysonhttp://www.dysonmedia.co.uknoreply@blogger.com