The Leveson Report

Circe · 11-30-2012, 12:59 PM

I'm not sure how well publicised this has been outside of the UK, but the Leveson Inquiry is a public inquiry into press ethics over here. It's been going on for over a year, has seen the Murdochs blabbering away in court like frightened children (which was incidentally the most enjoyable thing I've ever watched) has cost a lot of money and has dug up so much dirt on what the media gets up to that not taking serious action on it should be grounds for sectioning. And it seems like we're going to have to lock our government up in the looney bin because the report Leveson recently released after over a year of research into it has been almost completely dismissed by our wonderful PM and many of the MPs on his side. I can't claim to not be biased against anything our current government does but seriously, what? Are we just going to ignore everything this inquiry has found and forget about why we set it up in the first place? Okay, so Cameron has suggested continuing the private regulation except, you know, these are the people that managed to conveniently let all this dirt slip past their radar in the first place.

Am I the only one seething at this kind of thing? I ask honestly because I seriously can't comprehend how anyone can find this kind of conduct acceptable. It would be like declaring a man guilty in court when absolutely no evidence of his involvement in a crime has been given, he has no motive and a perfect alibi.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 12-24-2012, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Circe

Am I the only one seething at this kind of thing?

If you mean the phone hacking then no. There was a 'journalist' from the NOTW on Newsnight last year and Steve Coogan tore him a new one, it was very good.

Ruth Inking · 12-26-2012, 07:32 PM

To my admittedly limited understanding of the proposals made by Leveson, his final recommendation was for statutory regulation of the press, which is a bad idea on the freedom of the press front. The last thing this country needs is for the Government to have control of the press.

The Press Complaints Commission (the regulatory body which failed so spectacularly) didn't have the resource or remit to hold the Press to account, the proposals for the new body should change that.

One of the greatest things that Leveson has done, is given the victims of phone-hacking a chance to have their stories heard, and to bring forward into the public eye the shameful behaviours of the press which was so scarcely reported on for obvious reasons.

I don't think it was a waste of time or money, nor do I think his recommendations should be put into action.

On the large part, we have a fantastic press.

11-30-2012, 12:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
Circe Blunt After Blunt After Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: In a French-ass restaurant Posts: 337	The Leveson Report I'm not sure how well publicised this has been outside of the UK, but the Leveson Inquiry is a public inquiry into press ethics over here. It's been going on for over a year, has seen the Murdochs blabbering away in court like frightened children (which was incidentally the most enjoyable thing I've ever watched) has cost a lot of money and has dug up so much dirt on what the media gets up to that not taking serious action on it should be grounds for sectioning. And it seems like we're going to have to lock our government up in the looney bin because the report Leveson recently released after over a year of research into it has been almost completely dismissed by our wonderful PM and many of the MPs on his side. I can't claim to not be biased against anything our current government does but seriously, what? Are we just going to ignore everything this inquiry has found and forget about why we set it up in the first place? Okay, so Cameron has suggested continuing the private regulation except, you know, these are the people that managed to conveniently let all this dirt slip past their radar in the first place. Am I the only one seething at this kind of thing? I ask honestly because I seriously can't comprehend how anyone can find this kind of conduct acceptable. It would be like declaring a man guilty in court when absolutely no evidence of his involvement in a crime has been given, he has no motive and a perfect alibi.

12-26-2012, 07:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ruth Inking Groupie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 17	To my admittedly limited understanding of the proposals made by Leveson, his final recommendation was for statutory regulation of the press, which is a bad idea on the freedom of the press front. The last thing this country needs is for the Government to have control of the press. The Press Complaints Commission (the regulatory body which failed so spectacularly) didn't have the resource or remit to hold the Press to account, the proposals for the new body should change that. One of the greatest things that Leveson has done, is given the victims of phone-hacking a chance to have their stories heard, and to bring forward into the public eye the shameful behaviours of the press which was so scarcely reported on for obvious reasons. I don't think it was a waste of time or money, nor do I think his recommendations should be put into action. On the large part, we have a fantastic press.