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Tuesday, 19 January 2010 15:59

The PCC remains completely toothless. I think one of the reasons that Dacre et al. are so against the judges rulings that they claim are introducing a 'privacy law by judicial activism' is that it is only the courts that have any control over them. A free press is vital for a democracy. That argument, while true, is used as a stranglehold on the government (of both parties) to prevent proper controls on the media. It is politically impossible for governments to introduce any proper standards on the media. And so we get the PCC - that is entirely useless and merely gives a veil of acceptability to the press. "It's ok, the PCC didn't rule against us so we must be reporting accurately and fairly..." It is depressing.

This is a comment on "A petition to the Editors' Code of Practice Committee"

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