Tim Marshall: "There will be people wishing to use this incident to prove that the British media is supine in the face of Government pressure. That is a nonsense. The next time the Government screws up we will again give them a kicking."

"Journalistic websites see amateur scribes as partners, not rivals. They increase coverage and may share revenue."

The PCC has refused to uphold a complaint against a reporter who registered in an online role-playing game under a false name to glean information about one of its users.

Mark Hamilton quotes from Anna Politkovskaya and wonders: "Can we get to journalism like this solely by email or blog post? No." That just about says it all. End of silly blogospheric debate.

The 91st annual Pulitzer Prizes were announced yesterday at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.