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Should Politicians Control The Press?
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Chrissie | Report | 24 Mar 2013 07:08 |
I think further controls need placing on our media but I think I'm looking at it from a different angle. I think our tabloids are an embarrassment and the journalism in them is appalling. I don't see them as a free press bravely fighting the institution to tell us the truth. It's a vile grubby industry at worst and the Internet has replaced newspapers for many of us as a place where we can find out what's going on. The Jimmy Savile story has been widely available for ages on there. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 23 Mar 2013 19:44 |
I didn't care for the closeness between Cameron and Brooks - didn't think it was professional at all |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 23 Mar 2013 19:37 |
Well said Ann |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 23 Mar 2013 19:10 |
politicians control the press - they are the last people who should do it - had they been in control we would never have heard of all their fiddling and stealing and lying with regard to their expenses and they'd still be getting away with it - very few politicians are trustworthy in my opinion and Private Eye is the publicaton to believe |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 23 Mar 2013 18:17 |
Does anyone else question the closeness Cameron had to Rebekah Brooks? Was that healthy? Who, exactly, benefited most? |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 23 Mar 2013 17:36 |
But that is NOT censorship and freedom of the press which is what this thread is about. |
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Guinevere | Report | 23 Mar 2013 17:30 |
Then you've been very lucky, Errol, that's all I can say. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 23 Mar 2013 17:22 |
Guinevere I do not wish to argue - merely debate. |
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Guinevere | Report | 23 Mar 2013 17:13 |
I can't be bothered to argue semantics - or when words changed, all beside the point. Same thing different name. Swayed/censored the effect is the same - hidden from us. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 23 Mar 2013 17:02 |
incidentally, DA notices is not the new name, it has been used for about 20 years |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 23 Mar 2013 17:01 |
How can it be censorship if it is voluntary? |
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Guinevere | Report | 23 Mar 2013 16:55 |
I know they are voluntary, just not the new name for them. It's still censorship because the government's view of what the general public mustn't be allowed to see can be dictated by self interest. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 23 Mar 2013 16:46 |
Well, it looks like government controlled press is already here. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 23 Mar 2013 16:30 |
D notices are now called DA notices and are voluntary. However they are necessary and in general terms the press abides by them and quite rightly so. That is not censorship. |
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Guinevere | Report | 23 Mar 2013 16:24 |
We have always had a censored press in my lifetime. |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 23 Mar 2013 16:14 |
I do not always agree with how the papers act/say but I do not wish to envisage a censored Press. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 23 Mar 2013 16:13 |
In the light of recent revelations I think some areas of the press may have got away with more than they should have. This is not because laws or regulation did not exist, it is because those laws and regulations were not adhered to and implemented by those that should have. |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 23 Mar 2013 16:08 |
Thank you ErrolSheep, |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 23 Mar 2013 15:58 |
Absolutely not!!!!! |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 23 Mar 2013 15:52 |
There is no doubt in my mind that the atrocious behaviour of some of our newspaper editors in recent years was diabolical, totally unacceptable, and an affront to peoples decency, privacy, and dignity. |
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