The British regulator of the written press has ruled this Saturday that an opinion column against Meghan Markle published last December by The Sun that raised more than 25,000 complaints violated the journalistic code, so, as punishment, the newspaper had to advertise failure.
In his article, well-known presenter Jeremy Clarkson said he hated Prince Harry's wife and “dreamed of the day she will parade N- through the streets of every town in Britain while the crowd shouts, 'Shame!' and throws at her. excrement”, among other things.
The Independent Press Standards Organization (IPSO), funded by its own member media, has partially accepted complaints from two feminist organizations by concluding that the article was s---st because it contained “a pejorative reference and harmful to the s-x of the duchess.”
However, the regulator, which journalists' union NUJ condemns for lack of independence, dismissed arguments by The Fawcett Society and The Wilde Foundation that it was also “inaccurate, amounted to harassment of the Duchess of Sussex and included discriminatory references by reasons of race.”
Although the ruling sets a precedent for IPSO, the “Hacked Off” association against tabloid press abuses has criticized it for not imposing a fine or disciplinary measures against the newspaper's director and the columnist, known for his provocative comments. .
In an unprecedented gesture, The Sun and Clarkson already apologized in December after receiving the barrage of complaints, but until now IPSO, a self-regulatory entity from which some leaders such as The Guardian and Financial Times, which have distanced themselves, had not spoken out. They have their own complaints management mechanisms.
In another order, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been going through complicated situations since they decided to become independent from the duties of the British Royal Family. In recent weeks, his attempt to grow his business suffered a new decline. The United States Patent and Trademark Office rejected the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's application to register Archetypes in their name.
It should be remembered that a few days ago Spotify announced that it had agreed with the couple to terminate the contract they established in 2020, according to which Harry and Meghan committed to producing various content for the platform for an amount of 20 million dollars.
The collaboration was only a single podcast presented by the former actress under the title Archetypes. But, the Duchess of Sussex, after broadcasting episode 13 of hers, said goodbye to her listeners.
In this farewell, Meghan Markle promised that she would return and keep the name of the podcast, even if she had to do it on another platform. Unfortunately, it seems that she will not be able to fulfill what she told her listeners.
