Media Complaints
Media coverage can help promote awareness of body image and eating disorders and help change attitudes. However bad reporting can deepen misunderstandings and contribute to negative attitudes around the issues. If you have seen inaccurate, misleading or inappropriate reporting then you can make a complaint to one of the following bodies:
Press Complaints Commission
If you have a complaint about coverage in a newspaper or magazine, your first step should be to write to the editor. If you are unsatisfied with the response or don’t receive one within a week then you can consider making a complaint to the Press Complaints Commission (PCC). The PCC take complaints from the public and consider whether the reporting is in breach of their code of practice.
Contact the PCC:
Halton House
20/23 Holborn
London EC1N 2JD
Helpline: 0845 600 2757
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.pcc.org.uk
Broadcast Media
If you wish to complain about something on the BBC you must contact their complaints department directly. For all other broadcast media contact Ofcom.
Write to BBC Complaints at:
PO Box 1922
Darlington
DL3 0UR
Phone: 08700 100 222
Online: http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/complain-online/
Write to Ofcom at:
Riverside House
2a Southwark Bridge Road
London
SE1 9HA
Phone: 0207 981 3040
Online: http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/tell-us/tv-and-radio/