It’s been a busy, and no doubt serious, day at the Leveson Inquiry. But trust Twitter to find something to belittle while Hugh Grant shared his experiences of being hounded by the paparazzi. Eagle-eyed Tweeters would have spotted the #womanontheleft hashtag doing the rounds, in reference to barrister Carine Patry Hoskins; according to What The Trend, she was giving Mr Grant “girly eyes” as he gave evidence. As woodo79 tweeted: “FFS Twitter, naming #womanontheleft while watching an inquiry about inappropriate invasions of privacy? I thought you were smart!”

ITV’s morning-time sinking ship, Daybreak, is in chaos. Rumours abound that current hosts Christine Bleakley and Droopy Adrian Chiles are facing the axe, to be replaced by Eamonn Holmes and Natasha Kaplinsky. Daybreak could only be saved, in Media Digest’s noble opinion, if it were to be presented by an army of Susannah Reids, but the less said about that the better. (Source: MediaGuardian)

Fantastic bit of censorship nonsense spotted by The Media Blog. In an article headlined ‘Swearing at police is not a crime, judge rules’ the Telegraph decided against informing its audience of what said naughty words are, writing: “The directive states: ‘The courts do not accept that police officers are caused harassment, alarm or distress by words such as ****, ****, ********, or ******.” If you think you know the words, answers on a postcard please. Just don’t practice on a police officer. (Source: The Media Blog)

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