By Mike Jempson 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 regulatory regime to improve ‘the culture, ethics and practice of the press’. He was certainly not the only one who feared that … [Read more...]
Press gobbles up the carrots but runs away from the sticks
Press gobbles up the carrots but runs away from the sticks The Defamation Bill is in danger of being lost. The person responsible for this is David Cameron. The Bill, which has been under consideration for three years now, is a vital reform which would remove many of the legal constraints on press freedom that are currently suffered by genuine investigative journalists. … [Read more...]