Regulation & Politics

Regulation & Politics

Set texts:

• The Guardian & Observer 

• The Guardian is a daily newspaper published by the Guardian group and owned by the Scott Trust.

• The Observer is the Sunday newspaper published by the Guardian group.

• Observer is the Guardian but released on a Sunday with more of a focus on investigative, long term, journalism(still report on immediate news) 

• The observer is the oldest running Sunday newspaper and dates  back to 1791!

• POLITICS} Guardian is a liberal newspaper (doesn't follow one particular party) - offer the most unbiased, objective perspective.Believe it is important to represent people from all minority groups and countries.

Five principles: 

1. Develop ideas that help to improve the world, not just critique it.
2. Collaborate with readers and others to have greater impact.
3. Diversify: Have richer reporting from a representative newsroom.
4. Be meaningful in all our work.
5. Report fairly on people as well as power and find things out.

DOES THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY NEED GREATER REGULATION?

'freedom of the press' } the right to circulate opinions in print without censorship by the government.(government have no ownership of opinions- no bias, own decisions are shown) 

Regulation:

Leveson Inquiry:

• New self-regulation body recommended 
• It looked at the relationship between the press and the public, including phone-hacking and other potentially illegal behaviour, and at the relationships between the press and the police and the press and politicians.

• In July 2011, Prime Minister David Cameron set up the public, judge-led Leveson Inquiry to examine the culture of the press in response to the phone-hacking scandal. 

• It emerged thousands of people had been victims of press intrusion. Many gave evidence to the inquiry - from celebrities such as comic actor Steve Coogan and singer Charlotte Church, to ordinary people hit by tragedy, including Gerry McCann, father of missing girl Madeleine, and the parents of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler.

Ipso:

• Is a regulator of magazines and newspapers and their online counterparts.
• It is funded by magazines and newspaper companies.(Murdock- Leveson inquiry)
• Any member of the public can make a complaint to the IPSO
• Some newspapers didn't want to join up to IPSO as Murdock funds it 

OFCOM (Online)

• This is the broadcasting regulator.
• If a person sees something on TV that they believe should not have been broadcast, they can make a complaint to them.
• It could be about advertising, something that was said or something that was offensive. 
• Broadcasters are regulated by Ofcom, which is backed by law.

• Other people publishing on the internet, such as bloggers and tweeters, are not regulated as such, but are covered by laws on issues such as libel and contempt of court.

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