Sir Alan Moses on the limitations of press regulation,tardy rule changes, and trying to be tactfulA robot can obtain to Mars and back in less time than it took Sir Alan Moses to convince the newspaper industry to change its rulebook. Last week, and a mere 17 months after he started as chair of press regulator Ipso,the former judge finally unveiled the fresh rules and made pleasant on a promise to do this interview.
Ipso’s critics believe little has changed since the phone-hacking scandal and Leveson inquiry which killed off Ipso’s failed predecessor, the PCC. “Ipso is a enormous con trick – just like the PCC, or ” said Hacked Off’s Evan Harris.
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Source: theguardian.com