So is British journalism really bent?

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The UK's broadsheet newspapers still aspire to certain standards, acting as a check on the power of government and generally only publishing material which is in the public interest. However, the tabloid newspapers exist only to sell as many copies as possible, and therefore only include material which will be of interest to the general public. It is true that society now accepts a more open approach to moral issues, but tabloid newspapers still go too far, being deliberately provocative and including sex at every possible opportunity.

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When restraint can turn into censorship

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The Press Complaints Commission was satisfied that newspapers had reacted to self-regulation and the new code of practice. However, Sir David Calcutt, in his Review of Press Self-Regulation submitted to the Secretary of State for National Heritage, said that the Press Complaints Commission was biased towards the press rather than the individual. It was not set up as an independent body. He suggests a statutory tribunal instead. He is mainly concerned with invasion of privacy, whereas the code of practice deals with 15 other issues.

Evaluation, Reports, Transcript, Calcutt, David

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Complaints body has led to newspaper shake-up: the newspapers' code of practice

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The Press Complaints Commission, set up in 1991, found that self-regulation of the newspapers was effective. The Code of Practice is published in full. Ombudsmen or readers' representatives have been appointed and journalists are working with a responsible attitude. The commission had 2,000 complaints in its 18 months of existence, about 1/3 of which concerned national dailies. Most were about accuracy, which the commission considered inevitable. Most complaints were resolved between the editor and complainant.

Newspapers, Practice, Periodicals, Journalism, Complaints (Administrative procedure), Press Complaints Commission

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