An interesting post by compliance expert Trevor Barnes (Northgate Grammar, Corpus Christi, Cambridge and Kennedy Scholar, Harvard) suggests the Ofcom ruling on Piers Morgan's rant about Meghan Markle was not straightforward.
"Several sources at Ofcom confirm that the original Ofcom decision when first drafted was to find that Morgan’s comments about Markle’s mental health (as Markle had revealed in her high profile interview with Oprah Winfrey) DID breach the Code. With such a sensitive decision the top bosses at Ofcom sensibly wished to review it. A combination of Kevin Bakhurst (Group Director, Content and Media Policy), Melanie Dawes (Chief Executive) and the Ofcom Legal Department then had the original decision reversed and the draft rewritten."
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