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Thursday 14 November 2013

voiceforchildren: No-Body-Remains

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Thursday 31 October 2013

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Sunday 20 October 2013

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Saturday 5 October 2013

voiceforchildren: Deputy Mike Higgins' Evidence.

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Sunday 1 September 2013

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Saturday 24 August 2013

Dun v Jersey Evening Post.



To: mikedun
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 8:54 AM
Subject: Our reference: 133396

Dear Mr Dun

Further to our previous correspondence, the Commission has now made its assessment of your complaint under the Editors’ Code of Practice.

The Commission members have asked me to thank you for giving them the opportunity to consider the points you raised. However, their decision is that there has been no breach of the Code in this case. A full explanation of the Commission’s decision is below.

Although the Commissioners have come to this view, they have asked me to send a copy of your correspondence to the editor to draw your concerns to the publication’s attention.

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which your complaint has been handled - as opposed to the Commission’s decision itself - you should write within one month to the Independent Reviewer, whose details can be found in our How to Complain leaflet or on the PCC website at the following link:


Thank you for taking this matter up with us.

With best wishes

Yours sincerely




James Garmston


Commission’s decision in the case of
Dun v Jersey Evening Post

The complainant considered that the newspaper had breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) and 12 (Discrimination) of the Editors’ Code of Practice. The newspaper published articles reporting concerns about ‘white van men’ from the UK and immigrants living and working in Jersey illegally. The complainant was concerned that the coverage was inaccurate and discriminatory. The complainant said that this represented a prejudiced and discriminatory generalisation about ‘white van men’.

The complainant said that there had been a failure to distinguish comment from fact, in breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy). He was also concerned that the articles had not discussed whether ‘Islanders’ might also be acting illegally.

Clause 1 (Accuracy) states that “the press must take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information” and “the press, whilst free to be partisan, must distinguish clearly between comment, conjecture and fact”.

The coverage of 10/07/13 had reported the policy which had been announced in response to Deputy Power’s concern “that new border checks were needed to catch ‘white van men’ coming to work under the radar”. The newspaper had been entitled to report the remarks which had clearly been attributed to Deputy Power. The Commission noted that the comments appeared to have been used to characterise the type and nature of the work which some politicians believed was insufficiently regulated. There had been no suggestion that all ‘white van men’ were working illegally or should be reported.

The article of 23/07/13 had reported the remarks of Pat Walker, director of Brenwal Ltd engineering company, who expressed concern about Jersey’s regulations surrounding illegal workers. Mr Walker expressed the view that Guernsey does a much better job at policing ‘white van men’. The comments attributed to Mr Walker, clearly represented his personal opinion about the regulations in place. There had not been a failure to distinguish comment from fact. There was no breach of the Code on this point.

In the context of articles about immigrants working illegally, the omission of information regarding illegal activity by ‘Islanders’ had not been significantly misleading. There was no breach of Clause 1. 

Clause 12 (Discrimination) states that “the press must avoid prejudicial or pejorative reference to an individual’s race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation or to any physical or mental illness or disability.” While the Commission noted the concern that the articles had been discriminatory, it made clear that Clause 12 does not cover prejudicial or pejorative references to ‘white van men’. The Commission also made clear that Clause 12 does not cover references to groups or categories of people. The article had not made discriminatory reference towards an individual. In the absence of reference to a particular individual there was no breach of Clause 12.



James Garmston
Complaints Officer

Press Complaints Commission
Halton House
20/23 Holborn
London EC1N 2JD

Tel: 020 7831 0022
Website: www.pcc.org.uk

Description: pcc#

Submitted by Tom Gruchy.

Wednesday 21 August 2013

Saturday 10 August 2013

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Tuesday 9 July 2013

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Saturday 29 June 2013

Wednesday 19 June 2013

Monday 3 June 2013

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Thursday 23 May 2013

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Saturday 18 May 2013

Tuesday 14 May 2013

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Wednesday 24 April 2013

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Saturday 13 April 2013

Tuesday 9 April 2013

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Sunday 7 April 2013

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Saturday 30 March 2013

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Tuesday 12 February 2013

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Monday 21 January 2013

Wednesday 16 January 2013

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Saturday 5 January 2013

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