Who guards the guardians?
From the phone hacking scandal, the Leveson Inquiry has been set up in order to look into regulations of the press and media. Currently the PCC (the Press Complaints Committee) is in charge of the rules and code of conduct for the editors and producers in the media. As a direct result of the scandal (which has been destroying the credibility of the investigative journalism side to the press), many questions have been raised over reform for the PCC and also regulations to clean up the press (in particular the newspaper industry) are being looked into.
Ian Hislop, editor for Private Eye and also team captain on Have I Got News For You, was summoned to the Inquiry and suggested that the regulations are already in place, but they just need to be enforced.
Good beginning to your essay. Now how could you expand this?
ReplyDeleteInclude some specific examples from Ian Hislop
Find someone who has been interviewed who has a differing opinion to Ian Hislop
What has Lord Leveson suggested will be the outcome of the inquiry?
Will the inquiry have a long term effect on the PCC or the press in general?