Newspaper Regulation
Task One: Media Magazine article and questions Read the Media Magazine article: From Local Press to National Regulator in MM56 (p55). You'll find the article in our Media Magazine archive here . Once you've read the article, answer the following questions: 1) Keith Perch used to edit the Leicester Mercury . How many staff did it have at its peak and where does Perch see the paper in 10 years' time? If it is still print, it will will be weekly, expensive and very small circulation 2) How does Perch view the phone hacking scandal? Perch views it as really bad, but thought that the reactions were disproportionate and that regulation isn't the answer. 3) What does IPSO stand for and how does it work? Independent Press Standards Organisation A newspaper has 28 days to deal with a complaint. If it hasn’t been resolved, the complainant can then take it to the IPSO Complaints Committee, which will decide if the Editor’s Code of Practice has been broken. If it has, the Committ...
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