Julie Moos
Nov. 30, 2012
7:20 am
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Andrew Beaujon
Nov. 29, 2012
7:05 am
The report of Lord Justice Brian Leveson's 16-month-long inquiry into "the culture, practices and ethics" of the British press was released Thursday. Here's the
report and the
summary.
The report proposes "
independent regulation of the press organized by the press itself," Leveson said while introducing the report this morning.
In the report, Leveson recommends "An independent self regulatory body...governed by an independent Board." The board would "not include any serving editor" and "not include any serving member of the House of Commons or any member of the Government," the report says. The board must write a standards code and "require all those who subscribe to have an adequate and speedy complaint handling mechanism." The board "should not have the power to prevent publication of any material, by anyone, at any time" and "should have the power to impose appropriate and proportionate sanctions, (including financial sanctions up to 1% of turnover with a maximum of £1m), on any subscriber found to be responsible for serious or systemic breaches of the standards code or governance requirements of the body."
Here's what else you need to know about it:
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Steve Myers
Aug. 2, 2012
4:06 pm
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Andrew Beaujon
May 1, 2012
7:54 am
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Andrew Beaujon
Apr. 26, 2012
7:45 am
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Andrew Beaujon
Apr. 24, 2012
7:55 am
The Guardian |
The New York Times |
The Leveson Inquiry
James Murdoch's six-hour testimony today before the British parliament's Leveson inquiry is a gripping microdrama. Attorney Robert Jay, who is questioning Murdoch, flops himself over a lectern and delivers each question as if it had just occurred to him, raising his eyebrows at the end of most inquiries as if to encourage Murdoch to come clean. Jay is lightly bearded, wears ridiculous eyeglasses and looks rumpled. Murdoch replies in a middle-of-the-Atlantic accent -- American flat vowels with British inflections. He's in a sharp, well-fitting suit and so far appears unflapped by Jay's surgical questioning. So far, high points have included:
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Steve Myers
Apr. 5, 2012
10:47 am
Guardian
The Guardian's Dan Sabbagh, Nick Davies and Robert Booth report that in 2008 Sky News Managing Editor Simon Cole authorized a reporter to hack into the email account of a woman charged with a crime for helping her husband fake his death. (He's been called "canoe man" because he had been paddling out to sea when he supposedly disappeared in 2002.) The reporter, Gerard Tubb, collected emails that would poke holes in the woman's defense and handed them over to police to aid in her prosecution. Tubb made "only a minimal effort to hide the basis of the story" that he reported using the emails, the Guardian reports. He also was authorized to hack into email in another case, although Sky News didn't publish any stories related to that one.
The Guardian notes that such activity is illegal, but BSkyB's
Sky News is defending it:
We stand by these actions as editorially justified and in the public interest. We do not take such decisions lightly or frequently. They require finely balanced judgement based on individual circumstances and must always be subjected to the proper editorial controls. In a separate investigation, a Sky News journalist bought an Uzi machine gun in 2004 to highlight the easy availability of illegal weapons in the UK.
Earlier: James Murdoch steps down as BSkyB chairman to avoid being ‘lightning rod’ (Poynter)
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Steve Myers
Apr. 3, 2012
9:46 am
Guardian
BSkyB quotes James Murdoch in its announcement that he is stepping down as chairman of the company:
"As attention continues to be paid to past events at News International, I am determined that the interests of BSkyB should not be undermined by matters outside the scope of this company." He added: "I am aware that my role as chairman could become a lightning rod for BSkyB and I believe that my resignation will help to ensure that there is no false conflation with events at a separate organisation."
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