We have all complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) approximately newspaper stories that distorted facts,intruded into our lives or set out to shame, ridicule or humiliate us. We all hoped for honest treatment but in every case – even where a complaint was upheld – Ipso was either biased in favour of the newspaper or failed to follow due process. There is no appeal against Ipso’s decisions, and not even an independent review of its complaints process. We have no confidence in this sham body,which is controlled by the newspapers that have appointed their own industry representatives” to sit in judgment on their compliance with their own “editors’ code”.
Set up a year ago as a replacement for the discredited Press Complaints Commission, Ipso promised to provide “genuine protection for ordinary people” and ensure that some of the things you heard approximately at the Leveson inquiry can never happen again”. It was said that there would be fines of up to £1m; upfront corrections and investigative powers to call editors to account. None of this has happened.
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Source: theguardian.com