With first the Telegraph and now the Times launching substance-free wink-nudge coverage of the Media Reform Coalition, we can say with confidence: we've finally made it. We're famous! … [Read more...]
Victory, or ‘Leveson lite’? Our experts respond
Today the prospect of a Parliamentary game of chicken over a fair and independent regulator for the press has been averted with the announcement of a cross-party Leveson deal. The new Royal Charter, backed by a law forbidding ministerial meddling, includes concessions from both sides. Crucially, however, it is underpinned by a 'dab of statute', it prevents the press from … [Read more...]
Interrogating contemporary news: asking the right questions
14 September 2011 The Leveson inquiry has been launched to investigate phone hacking and the culture, practices and ethics of the press; there is a Lords Select Committee on the future of investigative journalism; a joint Select Committee on privacy and injunctions; all of which will feed into a Communications Review leading up to the New Communications Act in 2013 and bring … [Read more...]