Newspapers: 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?

He employed 130 journalists at one point. Perch thinks that if it is still in print, it will be weekly, extremely expensive, and have a very small circulation; if it is online only – the likeliest outcome – it will be unlikely to make money, and so would employ as few as five or six staff. 

2) How does Perch view the phone hacking scandal?

He thought that the biggest single issue is that something illegal was going on which obviously
should not have been, and which wasn’t dealt with by the police. Far too many newspapers and magazines have been caught up in a regulatory system that they shouldn’t really be caught up in. A small section of the press was behaving in a totally unacceptable way, but it should have been dealt with legally.

3) What does IPSO stand for and how does it work?

The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) works by giving a newspaper 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 Committee can insist on corrections and demand that they be placed on a particular page.

4) What is Perch's view of newspaper ownership?

He believes that everyone has their own opinion and they are entitled to their opinion.

5) Do you agree with his view that broadcast news should have less regulation so that TV channels can support particular political parties or people?

To a certain extent, i do believe that it needs less regulation as they should be enititled to their opinion and they should be allowed to express it. However, if it is not regulated enough, they may significantly influence the audiences views especially if its a big company that get loads of views.

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