News Regulation
Newspaper regulation: blog tasks
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?
130 journalists and in ten years time he (Perch) says if it is still in print it will have a small audience and it will be very expensive
2) How does Perch view the phone hacking scandal?
"I don’t think regulation is the answer. I know many people point to Leveson and the fact he held a massive inquiry, but I don’t think he looked carefully enough at what is happening in the regional press or in small weekly papers. I think his form of regulation is unacceptable, and that actually what people really want to do is ‘tame’ the press."
3) What does IPSO stand for and how does it work?
IPSO stands for Independent Press Standards Organisation and it works by giving a newspaper 28 days to deal with a complaint and if it is not dealt with it will be in the hands of the IPSO.
4) What is Perch's view of newspaper ownership?
He believes that there are many popular newspapers but he most popular and successful seems to be "The Sun" which he doesn't really understand. It is a very successful newspaper owned by 'Rupert Murdoch'.
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?
I agree with this to a high extent because they should have freedom of speech and not be told what limits they have. The audience should know what certain people actually think just so it can be more helpful for the audience.
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