Tag: Steven Barnett
The government scuppers Leveson Part 2: is Britain’s press undermining democracy?
Recent amendments to the Data Protection Bill, supported by the House of Lords and then narrowly defeated in the Commons, would have revived Part 2 of the Leveson Inquiry into unlawful conduct and corporate cover-ups in national newspapers. Steven Barnett argues that in opposing Leveson Part 2 the government has surrendered to press lobbying, betrayed promises made to the victims of phone-hacking and undermined the public interest.
The future of the BBC should not be left to the House of Commons’ Media, Culture and Sport committee
Steven Barnett of the University of Westminster explains why a recent report from the Commons Select on Culture, Media and Sport on the future of the BBC is so fundamentally flawed and that, if implemented, the ideas it contains would do immeasurable long-term damage to the BBC’s national and international reputation. Similar PostsBedding down, treading water and taking two steps […]
‘Toothless’ press regulator is a busted flush, but genuine post-Leveson reform is still on the way
Since the dust settled on the Leveson Inquiry and its recommendations, much of the UK media has sought to portray the newly-formed Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) as the answer to the press regulation question and the end of the story. Steven Barnett argues this is far from the case, and genuine independent regulation through the […]
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