of Westminster is expert at appearing to be Basil Fawlty. They
wrap their media handling in kid gloves.
We have serious crimes of phone hacking just going to court,
so I ask, why is there a new royal charter coming for the media?
Why do they need a royal charter and not a law?
Is the royal charter a dodge? Is it necessary if criminal behaviour
is actually policed? Why mess around with a pseudo-law that
will be ineffective?
They do it all so as to appear decisive, and yet to most of us
they look like morons. The joke is on us though, because
as we belittle them, we don't see them doing immoral stuff.
The Tories then warn the media that Red Ed will
go outside the law to ban them all. What utter
bullsh*t.
there are more than a few hints that the new
charter the new libel law will make matters worse
for us, and especially the internet, and better
for the media barons.
Maybe these guys can help you understand
what's going on:
http://hackinginquiry.org/
they speak for the victims of the latest media
crimes
checkit: The Guardian
Maria Miller tells press: agree to charter or face worse
Culture secretary warns industry that Labour and Lib Dems could join forces to regulate if new system is rejected
Nicholas Watt and Josh Halliday
Friday 11 October 2013 20.23 BST
Britain's newspaper industry has been given a blunt warning by the government that it risks being subject to full statutory regulation if it refuses to accept a royal charter that is designed to place the system on a lighter footing.
Maria Miller, the culture secretary, is understood to have told the industry that she cannot stop the Labour party and Liberal Democrats joining forces to agree amendments to future legislation if the press refuses to abide by the new system.
The warning was issued as Miller held negotiations with the industry on the eve of an agreement by the three main parties over a royal charter, which was announced on Friday. Days after rejecting a rival press royal charter submitted by the industry, three privy counsellors from the three parties – Miller, Harriet Harman for Labour and Lord Wallace of Tankerness for the Lib Dems – agreed an amended version of the cross-party royal charter.
The revised charter addresses concerns raised by local and regional publishers by introducing a small administration fee for complainants who wish to use the new regulator's arbitration scheme, which aims to settle legal disputes out of court.
