Tag Archive for press

Be careful what you wish for

Baroness Deech

The issue of press regulation came back again when on 2 April Baroness Hollins asked a question about what progress had been made in establishing a new system of regulation in the year since the Royal Charter was agreed.  From the floor of the House there was almost unanimous support for what are regarded as the…

Privy Council poppycock

Baroness Deech

The Royal Charter on Press Regulation has been signed off by the Queen on the advice of the Privy Council. Members of the public probably think that when the Queen in Privy Council is considering a new Charter, she sits with the wisest men and women of the realm, deliberating, drafting, listening to the pros…

Royal privacy

Lord Soley

I’m pleased Buckingham Palace is going for the Photographer as well as the magazine. This is nothing to do with a right to publish. It is everything to do with a couple on holiday with a friend having the right to privacy. Perhaps the real answer is to get the name and address of the…

Public attitudes towards the press

Lord Norton

I received yesterday a copy of the survey of public attitudes towards conduct in public life carried out by BMRB Social Research for the Committee on Standards in Public Life.   The survey, conducted earlier this year, covers the media as well as politicians.  Its findings on the media tend to reinforce the points made in my…

Parliament and the press

Lord Norton

In response to my post on the problems of a long recess, two readers – Adrian Kidney and James Clarke – expressed distrust in the media.  I pointed out that Eurobarometer data reveal that they are not alone.  The data show low – and declining – levels of trust in the press.  Eurabarometer 69 (Spring…