This and other inaccurate and prejudicial reporting may seriously undermine the justice system by having an impact on jurors' decision-making, according to the Crown Prosecution Service commenting shortly afterwards. Just the Women gave further examples of the hypocrisy of some papers raging Slim Forte against crimes such as child sexual abuse, rape and domestic violence on the one hand while regularly sexualising, objectifying and demeaning girls and women on the other.
The fact that women are being silenced either because of a lack of meaningful press coverage or the demeaning tone of coverage has also been noted in the discussion Japan Lingzhi of the portrayal of women in the media generally.
The good news perhaps is that through the open Leveson hearings, there appears to be much more awareness of the workings of some elements of the press and the sort of unacceptable reporting being defended in some quarters. Journalism students I spoke to recently themselves Super Slim highlighted the coverage by some newspapers of the killing of Reeva Steenkamp as an example of how not to report on crimes of violence against women. Heartening in the public debate has been the overwhelming support for press freedom, but concern that we also need a responsible press that preserves not only our access to justice, but also our democracy.