13 May 2013 – The idea of parliamentarians using an ancient device like a Royal Charter to provide recognition for any new press regulatory body set up by the publishing industry may have its charms, but it is a rather … Continue reading
13 May 2013 – The Leveson Inquiry in the UK and the recent report of the European Commission’s High-Level Group on Media Freedom and Pluralism have stirred a heated debate among industry representatives, media professionals and policy-makers across Europe: Do … Continue reading
16 April 2013 – Andrew Gilligan’s imagination got the better of him this weekend when he sought to expose a European Union plot to hand over control of the press to the state. The MediaWise Trust, a registered charity which … Continue reading
20 March 2013 – If the Press think they have been dealt a bad hand by the Royal Charter, they have only their own to blame. Those who broke the law, or trampled on the rights of others with little … Continue reading
11 March 2013 – In tabling his contentious amendments to the Defamation Bill Lord Puttnam made clear that they were “designed to break that terrible silence” which had come over formal discussions of Lord Justice Leveson’s proposals for a new … Continue reading
15 February 2013 – A free (and pluralist) press is one of the key guarantors of open democracy. An all-powerful press that holds politicians in its thrall is inimical to both freedom and democracy. Post-Leveson it would seem that key … Continue reading
8 January 2013 – Well, well, well… Who would have thought it? It’s back to the bad old days as 2013 kicks off with some gentle back-slapping from the Press Complaints Commission. In their annual ‘self-satisfaction’ survey, the PCC claim … Continue reading