A cosy consultation which will pander to the press | Letters

We read with interest Jane Martinson’s article (Paul Dacre to step down as chair of journalists’ code of practice committee, 1 December). The article notes that culture secretary Karen Bradley has launched a 10-week consultation into press regulation. As teachers and researchers in media and journalism we are deeply concerned about the terms of the public consultation on whether two elements of the Leveson reforms should be abandoned. These are section 40, which will create a new right of access to affordable justice in libel and privacy, while giving news publishers incentives to join a recognised independent regulator; and part two of the Leveson inquiry, designed to probe press criminality and police collusion.The consultation appears so skewed to serve the interests of the big newspaper corporations that it obscures the fundamental point of the Leveson reforms: to bring news publishers into a system of independent, effective self-regulation that will encourage high ethical standards, while protecting the public from the consequences of unethical behaviour. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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