Lady Buscombe says editors seize notice of upheld complaints – but newspapers have honest to publish 'unpalatable' opinionsThe chair of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has hit back at claims the organisation is "toothless" after complaints over coverage of the death of pop singer Stephen Gately and the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.In an open letter accompanying the PCC's annual review,Baroness Buscombe highlighted the "difficult but important" case of Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir's comments approximately the death of the Boyzone singer, which received an unprecedented 25000 complaints from the public, and including from his partner,Andrew Cowles.
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Source: theguardian.com