Jim Shelley (TV critic)
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Jim Shelley is a British
television
critic
who writes a column
for the Daily Mirror each Monday titled Shelleyvision. Prior to writing for the Daily Mirror he wrote for The Guardian
and his collection of reviews "Interference: Tapehead vs. Television" was published by Atlantic Books
. He writes a monthly column about cop shows for The Guardian
Guide entitled Call The Cops. He has also written for The Daily Telegraph
and The Mail On Sunday, plus magazines such as Esquire magazine, Details and Blitz.
and finished with "Never mind Let's Kill Hitler, Let's Kill Alex Kingston." The review lead to a number of complaints being made to the Mirror and the Press Complaints Commission
about the article itself and his subsequent conduct on the social networking site Twitter
. The complaints were upheld and he was forced to issue an apology to those who were offended, but he did not apologise to Kingston herself. The Press Complaints Commission said that they were unable to act on complaints made about his Twitter comments saying "there is a jurisdictional issue with complaints about journalists’ Twitter accounts, which the Commission remains in the process of examining. As it currently stands, such accounts do not fall formally within our remit." The PCC are still deciding whether to take further action about the article itself.
Alex Kingston has since decided to pursue the complaint against Shelley.
United Kingdom
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television
Television
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critic
Critic
A critic is anyone who expresses a value judgement. Informally, criticism is a common aspect of all human expression and need not necessarily imply skilled or accurate expressions of judgement. Critical judgements, good or bad, may be positive , negative , or balanced...
who writes a column
Columnist
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for the Daily Mirror each Monday titled Shelleyvision. Prior to writing for the Daily Mirror he wrote for The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
and his collection of reviews "Interference: Tapehead vs. Television" was published by Atlantic Books
Atlantic Books
Atlantic Books is an independent British publishing house, founded by Toby Mundy in 2000. Atlantic Books won the Imprint and Editor of the Year award at the British Books Awards in 2005 and 2009. It also was Independent Publisher of the Year in 2009....
. He writes a monthly column about cop shows for The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
Guide entitled Call The Cops. He has also written for The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
and The Mail On Sunday, plus magazines such as Esquire magazine, Details and Blitz.
Alex Kingston Comments
Shelley's review of the Doctor Who episode Let's Kill Hitler sparked outrage amongst readers after he repeatedly made insulting, personal remarks about actress Alex KingstonAlex Kingston
Alexandra Elizabeth "Alex" Kingston is an English actress. She is most widely known for her roles as Dr. Elizabeth Corday on the NBC medical drama ER and as River Song in Doctor Who.-Early life and education:...
and finished with "Never mind Let's Kill Hitler, Let's Kill Alex Kingston." The review lead to a number of complaints being made to the Mirror and the Press Complaints Commission
Press Complaints Commission
The Press Complaints Commission is a voluntary regulatory body for British printed newspapers and magazines, consisting of representatives of the major publishers. The PCC is funded by the annual levy it charges newspapers and magazines...
about the article itself and his subsequent conduct on the social networking site Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
. The complaints were upheld and he was forced to issue an apology to those who were offended, but he did not apologise to Kingston herself. The Press Complaints Commission said that they were unable to act on complaints made about his Twitter comments saying "there is a jurisdictional issue with complaints about journalists’ Twitter accounts, which the Commission remains in the process of examining. As it currently stands, such accounts do not fall formally within our remit." The PCC are still deciding whether to take further action about the article itself.
Alex Kingston has since decided to pursue the complaint against Shelley.