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| Journalist lists 13 reasons for PCC complaint about Daily Mail | Journalist lists 13 reasons for PCC complaint about Daily Mail |
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| Investigative journalist Jon Danzig has announced that he is taking the Daily Mail to the Press Complaints Commission about its reporting on Romanian and Bulgarian migration to Britain. | Investigative journalist Jon Danzig has announced that he is taking the Daily Mail to the Press Complaints Commission about its reporting on Romanian and Bulgarian migration to Britain. |
| In his 13 reasons for complaining to the PCC, Danzig states that he first sent a letter of complaint to Mail editor Paul Dacre in which he argued that a story, published on 31 December 2013, Sold out! Flights and buses full as Romanians and Bulgarians head for the UK, was inaccurate and misleading. | In his 13 reasons for complaining to the PCC, Danzig states that he first sent a letter of complaint to Mail editor Paul Dacre in which he argued that a story, published on 31 December 2013, Sold out! Flights and buses full as Romanians and Bulgarians head for the UK, was inaccurate and misleading. |
| It stated: "Almost all flights from Romania to England are full – even though one airline doubled the number to meet demand – with one-way tickets selling for up to £3,000 each. And all tickets for seats on buses leaving the Bulgarian capital of Sofia until January 9 have been snapped up." | It stated: "Almost all flights from Romania to England are full – even though one airline doubled the number to meet demand – with one-way tickets selling for up to £3,000 each. And all tickets for seats on buses leaving the Bulgarian capital of Sofia until January 9 have been snapped up." |
| It also stated that a low-cost airline, Wizz Air, had doubled the number of flights because of the increased demand. | It also stated that a low-cost airline, Wizz Air, had doubled the number of flights because of the increased demand. |
| But Danzig counters that the planes and buses and planes were not full; that tickets were available at reasonable prices; and that Wizz Air had not doubled its flights. | But Danzig counters that the planes and buses and planes were not full; that tickets were available at reasonable prices; and that Wizz Air had not doubled its flights. |
| He also points out that Mail published a story on 14 January headlined, Just 24 Romanians have entered Britain since migration laws were relaxed, according to the country's UK ambassador. | He also points out that Mail published a story on 14 January headlined, Just 24 Romanians have entered Britain since migration laws were relaxed, according to the country's UK ambassador. |
| So he and a Romanian journalist, Alina Matis - the foreign affairs editor of a leading title, Gândul - have carried out what he calls "a full deconstruction" of the Mail's original story. It can be found here. | So he and a Romanian journalist, Alina Matis - the foreign affairs editor of a leading title, Gândul - have carried out what he calls "a full deconstruction" of the Mail's original story. It can be found here. |
| It is compelling stuff. But will his PCC complaint be dealt with? The commission does not usually take up third-party complaints. | It is compelling stuff. But will his PCC complaint be dealt with? The commission does not usually take up third-party complaints. |
| Update 2.30pm: But I understand that the PCC have received a number of complaints about the Mail's article - about breaches of the editors' code of practice in relation to accuracy and discrimination - and so there is an investigation. | |
| I have also asked for the Mail to comment and am awaiting a possible reply. |