Thank you for writing to the Press Complaints Commission about an article in The Sun by Rod Liddle headlined “’Pretend disabled’ really ARE sick”. We have received over 100 complaints about this coverage, mainly framed under Clause 1 (Accuracy) and Clause 12 (Discrimination) of the Editors’ Code of Practice.
In the circumstances, we have contacted the M E Association, who have confirmed that they expect to make a formal complaint to the PCC about this matter. We believe that the M E Association will be able to represent the concerns made by complainants as a whole, and in line with our standard procedure, we intend to investigate the matter using the M E Association as lead complainant.
We will seek to inform you of the outcome of our investigation in due course. In the meantime, please find attached for your information a copy of The Sun’s letters page of 1 February, which included several letters on this issue, including one from Dr Charles Shepherd of the M E Association.
A copy of the Code of Practice can be accessed using this web link: http://www.pcc.org.uk/cop/practice.html .
Further information about the complaints process can be accessed using this web link: http://www.pcc.org.uk/complaints/process.html.
Information about our service commitments to complainants can be accessed using this web link: http://www.pcc.org.uk/complaint/charter.html.
Further information about the PCC can be found on our website http://www.pcc.org.uk .
Yours sincerely
xxxxx xxx
Complaints Coordinator
Now I FULLY accept that its a good idea to liaise with the ME association, but what about the Fibromyalgia associations ? Liddle mentioned both in his article and I referred to both in my complaint. Anyone else get this response to their complaint ?
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