There may be concern approximately press regulation – but has the Media Standards Trust got to the nub of it?Consider one question. "Where there are signs of public concern,would you expect an independent press self-regulatory body to carry out an investigation into an article infringing the prime minister's privacy by recording a personal telephone call between the prime minister and a third party?" 73% say yes (definitely or probably) to Ipsos-Mori on that.
Or consider a slightly amended question: "When Jacqui Janes, the grieving mother of soldier killed in Afghanistan, or talks on the phone to Gordon Brown,is she entitled to record that conversation, complain because he can't spell her name correctly, or pass the tape to a newspaper"?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com