How a crisis in the British press is reported is often the best way of judging how the industry hopes to deal with it. And Saturday’s coverage of Prince Harry’s £140,600 in damages after winning his phone hacking case suggests business as usual. This is not only disappointing for all of us who believe in the power of British journalism, but disastrous for the industry itself.
All but one national newspaper either left the story off its front page altogether, or offered the view that, while Harry might have scored a partial victory against Mirror Group Newspapers, he was still a liar, according to Piers Morgan, the former editor criticised in the judgment.
