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Prince Harry won a comprehensive victory in the first of three court cases against newspapers. What is the context for that judgement, and what are the implications for the UK press?
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The review contains some great ideas. It remains to be seen whether these will ever see the light of day.
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As the May government crumbles, there is new impetus for reviving part two of Lord Leveson’s inquiry into press misconduct.
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There is a clear public interest in investigating the activities of this billionaire political donor and privacy campaigner.
Lord Justice Leveson with the report from the first part of his 2012 inquiry into press conduct.
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News Group recently settled a number of cases relating to phone-hacking. What does this mean for the long awaited second part of the Leveson Inquiry?
Pants on fire.
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Emmanuel Macron is the latest to talk about reining in fake news. It can’t be done.
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Fleet Street is up in arms against a law they say will kill investigative journalism. That simply isn’t true.
IPSO’s latest ruling makes a mockery of journalism’s commitment to seeking the truth.
Read all about it … or not, under Section 40.
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Beware the death of investigative journalism in UK newspapers.
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The big guns of Fleet Street are pressing for the government to abandon the Leveson reform process. But there are other voices out there.
Regulation for the nation.
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The press needs a solution that works for everyone.
The British press is under pressure on regulation.
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News media publishers could face punitive sanctions from state approved regulation.
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New Leveson-compliant watchdog will provide firm hand for newspaper industry.
Some people might find this offensive. IPSO didn’t think it was.
Why the Editors’ Code of Practice needs to be reformed.
John Whittingdale, centre, was chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee when the phone-hacking story broke.
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There’s no ‘public interest’ in this story, say the newspapers. As if that’s stopped them before.
This story is not about John Whittingdale’s private life.
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The uneasy relationship between political power and the influence of the news media.
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It looks as if Leveson’s proposals might finally bear fruit. But will the government have the courage to make it happen?
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It looks as if the proposals laid down by the Leveson Inquiry will come to nothing.
New era of straight talking for Labour. And that’s what worries the party’s MPs.
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When it was announced that Seumas Milne, the Guardian columnist and associate editor, had been appointed as Labour’s executive director of communications and strategy, sections of the press were vitriolic…
Will we still be able to read all about it?
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State regulation and punitive libel laws are no way to ensure a fair and free press.