There is nothing new in what the press is doing to #MeghanAndHarry, though the scale and venom are amazing. They did the same to Caroline Flack – also in the full knowledge that she had mental health problems. There are countless victims. They – and we – deserve better. 1/5
Journalism is supposed to be a force for good, and if we are seeing anything that gives ground for hope today it is those few journalists who are stepping back and saying 'Not in my name'. 2/5
For far too long the 'thugs with press cards' have been indulged by journalists with better instincts. For too long cruelty, bigotry and misogyny have been tolerated, defended and treated as if they were equals to honesty and fairness in the world of journalism. 3/5
The price has been intolerably high. Trust in journalism in this country is at disastrously low levels, and good journalists suffer needlessly from this. The very idea of honest journalism has become a joke to be sniggered at. 4/5
If some good can come from the repellent episode now unfolding, I hope it will be that many more honest journalists will stand up and say they have had enough, and that they will no longer defend or turn a blind eye to the indefensible. 5/5
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