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Let’s move on from brutish journalism

Posted on March 20, 2013 by MediaWise Admin

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 →

Posted in Code of conduct, PCC, Press Freedom, Public interest, Regulation

Job done, Lord Puttnam

Posted on March 11, 2013 by MediaWise Admin

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 →

Posted in PCC, Public interest, Regulation

Back to Methusalah…with the Black/Hunt gang

Posted on February 15, 2013 by MediaWise Admin

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 →

Posted in PCC, Press Freedom, Public interest, Regulation

Leveson makes way for PCC Mark II

Posted on January 8, 2013 by MediaWise Admin

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 →

Posted in PCC, Press Freedom, Public interest, Regulation

The Leveson Report: Almost there but…

Posted on December 3, 2012 by MediaWise Admin

3 December 2012 – Having worked with complainants for some 20 years and pressed for a tougher and more independent system of regulation, it would be churlish of The MediaWise Trust not to welcome the general thrust of Lord Justice Leveson’s Report. … Continue reading →

Posted in Code of conduct, PCC, Press Freedom, Public interest, Regulation

Who is talking about statutory CONTROL of the Press?

Posted on November 7, 2012 by MediaWise Admin

7 November 2012 – It was inevitable that the bullyboys of the newspaper industry would campaign under a spurious banner of press freedom against any attempt by Lord Justice Leveson or politicians to clip their wings. It is a pity … Continue reading →

Posted in Code of conduct, PCC, Public interest, Regulation

Blame not the mobile, ’twas ever thus

Posted on February 7, 2012 by MediaWise Admin

7 February 2012 – The Phone Hacking Scandal: Journalism At The Crossroads, edited by Richard Keeble and John Mair, is a collection of essays from academics, journalists and media activists on the hacking controversy and the current state of journalism … Continue reading →

Posted in PCC, Press Freedom, Privacy, Public interest, Regulation

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