The head of the UK’s Society for Editors has been forced to resign after pressure from 160 journalists from the UK’s most left-wing media …
The head of the UK’s Society for Editors has been forced to resign after pressure from 160 journalists from the UK’s most left-wing media outlets because he defended the press and said it was “not acceptable” for the Sussexes to claim the media was racist “without supporting evidence”. Ian Murray, the chief executive of the leading British press industry body, had released a statement on behalf of the Society for Editors on Monday following Meghan and Harry’s tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey, saying: “The UK media is not bigoted and will not be swayed from its vital role holding the rich and powerful to account following the attack on the press by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.” In the following days, the society received pressure from dozens of journalists. Sky News reports that 160 “journalists of colour” and editors from the leftist HuffPost UK, left-liberal Guardian, and establishment Financial Times had issued statements disagreeing with the Society’s position. Several journalists announced that they would be pulling out of the Society of Editors’ Press Awards, a source of funding for the body, including ITV News presenter Charlene White who was supposed to host the event. ITV had obtained the rights to broadcast the interview between the woke royals and Oprah Winfrey in the UK. The broadcaster also reportedly pressured Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan to apologise for saying he did not believe the Duchess’s claims she failed to receive help for mental health issues from the Palace, after Meghan had complained to ITV’s CEO.
