Comments on: Britain’s press inquiry is a deathbed confession, not a solution

By: JerryH

JerryH — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:10:05 +0000

This is a rather stupid article which enthusiastically sets fire to a complete straw man. The job of the inquiry was to report on the “culture, practices and ethics of the media; in particular, the relationship of the press with the public, police and politicians.” Nobody needs to spend £7m of public money adding to industry navel-gazing about the future of news.

By: sanmarting

sanmarting — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 23:06:12 +0000

Certainly a lot of the things the (mainly tabloid) press did were illegal; the problem is that they knew they would probably get away with it, and they very nearly did. The fact is that ordinary people have no access to legal recourse with which to fight the excesses of the press, which believes the public interest equates to whatever the public may be interested in.

All of your points about new media are true, and well made, and the press as a printed medium is a declining force, but that does not address that a lot of wrong was done to a lot of people and that will continue to happen if nothing is done about it.

By: Paul Martin

Paul Martin — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 21:21:01 +0000

Er No. Leveson was not an expedition into social media and its affect on the future of the Press, it was there to help put an end to the exploitation of victims by the Press. When a private diary was published the current regulatory system did nothing Some illegality (a little) went to court but the treatment of the Dowler family was the last straw and something had to be seen to be done.