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Media
Leveson's purpose is to give ordinary victims fair redress against the media
Beyond the celebrities and politicians, there are ordinary people who often find themselves in the glare of the media through no fault of their own.
Martin Moore, New Statesman, 30 November 2012
Beyond the celebrities and politicians, there are ordinary people who often find themselves in the glare of the media through no fault of their own.
Martin Moore, New Statesman, 30 November 2012
Why I, as a journalist and ex-editor, believe it is time to regulate the press
The Leveson report is a much-needed opportunity for newspapers to abandon the excesses of the past
Will Hutton, Observer, 25 November 2012
The Leveson report is a much-needed opportunity for newspapers to abandon the excesses of the past
Will Hutton, Observer, 25 November 2012
The Leveson Inquiry: There’s a bargain to be struck over media freedom and regulation
n A balanced outcome from the inquiry could both strengthen the legal defences for good journalism done in the public interest and create incentives for regulation which does not rely on statutory backing. Both the law and regulation must make more use of an effective public interest test.
George Brock, The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society, 2012
n A balanced outcome from the inquiry could both strengthen the legal defences for good journalism done in the public interest and create incentives for regulation which does not rely on statutory backing. Both the law and regulation must make more use of an effective public interest test.
George Brock, The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society, 2012
Free expression is the bedrock of a free society. The moral case for a truly free press is overdue a hearing
The real danger isn't state censorship but the consolidation of a sterile, conformist atmosphere in which it's accepted that it simply won't do to publish some stories
Mick Hume, Independent Voices, 4 October 2012
The real danger isn't state censorship but the consolidation of a sterile, conformist atmosphere in which it's accepted that it simply won't do to publish some stories
Mick Hume, Independent Voices, 4 October 2012
Responsibility without Power : Lord Justice Leveson’s constitutional dilemma
As Britain awaits recommendations from the Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practice and ethics of the press, newspapers anticipate a moment that will define for the future the appropriate relationship between free speech and accountable government.
Tim Luckhurst, Free Speech Network, 2012
As Britain awaits recommendations from the Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practice and ethics of the press, newspapers anticipate a moment that will define for the future the appropriate relationship between free speech and accountable government.
Tim Luckhurst, Free Speech Network, 2012
The Leveson report will be good for freedom
Although regulation is the word widely used (often pejoratively), what it should mean here is the industry having due process, effectively applied standards and accountability, and effective redress, none of which is objectionable, and has been supported by virtually all the press insiders in their submissions to Leveson.
Peter Lloyd, Free Society, 26 September 2012
Although regulation is the word widely used (often pejoratively), what it should mean here is the industry having due process, effectively applied standards and accountability, and effective redress, none of which is objectionable, and has been supported by virtually all the press insiders in their submissions to Leveson.
Peter Lloyd, Free Society, 26 September 2012
Leveson revealed the tabloid tribe and their weird customs
They are strange creatures, the tabloid hackery. Too often they fit the film stereotype of the man in the trilby hat complete with a "press" label and long raincoat smoking a cigarette – with a taste for loose women and even looser morals.
John Mair, Guardian, 24 September 2012
They are strange creatures, the tabloid hackery. Too often they fit the film stereotype of the man in the trilby hat complete with a "press" label and long raincoat smoking a cigarette – with a taste for loose women and even looser morals.
John Mair, Guardian, 24 September 2012
Making trouble is the greatest press freedom of all
An excoriating book by Mick Hume on the 'rogues' of Fleet Street casts an important new light on the tight and nervous world of post-Leveson journalism
Peter Preston, Guardian, 23 September 2012
An excoriating book by Mick Hume on the 'rogues' of Fleet Street casts an important new light on the tight and nervous world of post-Leveson journalism
Peter Preston, Guardian, 23 September 2012
Don't Fall for the Crocodile Tears of the Hillsborough Hypocrites
Following the publication of the damning report on the Hillsborough disaster, there have been paroxysms of handwringing in the political and media classes.
Brendan O'Neill, Huffington Post, 13 September 2012
Following the publication of the damning report on the Hillsborough disaster, there have been paroxysms of handwringing in the political and media classes.
Brendan O'Neill, Huffington Post, 13 September 2012
There is No Such Thing as a Free Press ...and we need one more than ever
Once the media reported the news. Now it makes it. The phone-hacking scandal and the Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practice and ethics of the media has put the UK press under scrutiny and on trial as never before.
Mick Hume, Imprint Acaademic, 1 September 2012
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