Actors, as a species, tend to be dramatic, so I wasn't particularly surprised by Charlize Theron's hyperbolic faux pas in comparing her experiences of press intrusion to rape.
You can see why Hacked Off might want to reduce the argument to fabulous celebrity line-up v grubby relics of media self-interest, rather than rehearse the familiar, if still chilling experiences of press victims, such as the McCanns, some of whose tormentors are still at work.
The appointments panel will have a majority of members who are independent from the press but one person "with a current understanding and experience of the press" and one serving editor will be on the panel.
It's hard to overstate how profoundly his experience of the press seems to have affected his life.
Nor he will he be subjected to the trying experience of a press conference; and protesters over Tibet and human rights are likely to be kept well away.
The inquiry lacks red-top experience I am sure the six people appointed by Mr Cameron to sit on Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry into press ethics are fine individuals, but there seems to be a lack of political balance and, in some cases, experience of the press.
An example of an executive summary would be, "Results-driven non-profit communications manager with 9 years of experience writing press releases, planning conferences and leading summer educational programs.
I have no real experience of being in a press room at a stadium so I wasn't sure what to wear, I wasn't sure where to pick up my press pass, and I wasn't sure what the protocol was once I was there.
In fact, if it had not been cancelled at the last minute form the first night of press screenings, my experience of the festival would have been hugely different.
(Which means that anyone whose basic views lie outside the sphere of consensus will experience the press not just as biased but savagely so).
WESTERN airlines haven't enjoyed a good run of press recently and passengers' experiences have been, shall we say, trying.
