The Sun Forced to Advertise Failure for Violating Journalistic Code with Meghan Markle Column

Meghan Markle (@royaladdicted_new/Instagram)

The British regulator of the written press has ruled this Saturday that an opinion column against Meghan Markle published last December by The Sun that raised more than 25,000 complaints violated the journalistic code, for which, as punishment, the newspaper has had to advertise failure.

In his article, well-known presenter Jeremy Clarkson said he hated Prince Harry’s wife and “dreamed of the day when she would be paraded naked through the streets of every town in Britain while the crowds yelled: ‘Shame!’ and she throws excrement at him,” among other things.

The Independent Press Standards Organization (IPSO), financed by the member media themselves, has partially accepted the complaints of two feminist organizations by concluding that the article was sexist, as it contained “a pejorative and detrimental to the sex of the duchess”.

However, the regulator, which the NUJ journalists’ union condemns for lack of independence, dismissed arguments from The Fawcett Society and The Wilde Foundation that it was also “inaccurate, harassed the Duchess of Sussex and included discriminatory references to reasons of race”.

Although the ruling sets a precedent for IPSO, the “Hacked Off” association against the abuses of the tabloid press has criticized that it does not impose a fine or disciplinary measures against the director of the newspaper and the columnist, known for his provocative comments.

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and little Archie

In an unprecedented gesture, The Sun and Clarkson already apologized in December after receiving a barrage of complaints, but until now IPSO, a self-regulatory entity from which some headlines such as The Guardian and Financial Times, which have distanced themselves, have not spoken. they have their own complaint handling mechanisms.

In another order, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been going through difficult situations since they decided to become independent from the duties of the British Royal Family. In recent weeks, his attempt to grow his business suffered a new fall. The United States Patent and Trademark Office rejected the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s application to register Archetypes in their name.

It should be remembered that a few days ago Spotify announced that it had agreed with the couple to terminate the contract they established in 2020, according to which Harry and Meghan promised to produce various content for the platform for an amount of 20 million dollars.

The collaboration was just a single podcast hosted by the former actress under the title of Archetypes. But, the Duchess of Sussex, after broadcasting her episode 13, said goodbye to her listeners.

In this farewell, Meghan Markle promised that she would return and keep the name of the podcast, even if she has to do it on another platform. Unfortunately, it seems that she will not be able to follow through on what she told her listeners about her.

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2023-07-01 23:07:50
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