Press Gazette: Media favoured protestors in G20 coverage, says police chief
May 13th, 2009Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Press freedom and ethics
The media was one-sided in its reporting of last month’s G20 protests, detective chief constable Sue Sim, who specialises in public order at the Association of Chief Police Officers, has said.
Examples of assaults on police officers had disappeared from coverage in particular, she said.
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