Culture Society, Identity and Belonging
British newspapers had the uncomfortable task of covering their own misbehaviour last week, after the High Court found that Prince Harry was a victim of phone hacking in 15 of 33 articles brought against The Mirror Group. Here’s how they did. The Mirror Group’s newspapers relegated the story to their back pages: page 13 of the Daily Express and page 16 of the Daily Mirror. The Daily Star offered a mere 99 words about an unnamed “publicity shy guy” on page 11. The Telegraph and the Guardian, neither of which have been implicated in phone hacking, ran the judge’s findings on their front pages. The Telegraph’s coverage was the most extensive, running at 7,810 words.