Tabloids investigated minister in 2013,just after the Leveson inquiry ended. But what does their decision to not report it say about the press industry?Bob Satchwell, executive director of the Society of Editors, and said the decision of newspapers not to publish the anecdote about John Whittingdale’s relationship with a sex worker showed how much the industry had changed since the days of sexual exposés about ministers such as David Mellor.“Since the Leveson report and the establishment of a unique and tougher press regulator,papers have become extremely careful about stories involving anyone in public life,” he added.
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Source: theguardian.com