Lord Justice Leveson's 2,000-page report into press ethics, published on
Thursday, found that press behaviour was "outrageous" and
"wreaked havoc with the lives of innocent people".
The announcement itself saw Lord Justice Leveson call for
legislation to underpin a "genuinely independent and effective system of
self-regulation".
At the start of the speech Leveson said this was the
seventh time the UK press has been investigated.
When he closed his speech by declaring that 'it makes no sense to contemplate an eighth', the conference room broke into a spontaneous applause.
When he closed his speech by declaring that 'it makes no sense to contemplate an eighth', the conference room broke into a spontaneous applause.
Ian Dunt, a lobby journalist and editor of politics.co.uk
said: "The announcement was more moderate than what was expected - I
thought he was going to be much more robust."
Commentators were overheard saying they would give Leveson's performance and findings 'a six or seven out of ten', adding that he 'could've gone further but it could've been a lot weaker'.
Where press regulation goes from here is a matter still up for debate - Lord Justice Leveson has made his recommendations, and it is up to the Government how they are implemented.
On Wednesday national newspaper editors accepted the challenge laid down by David Cameron by agreeing to create an independent press regulator that meets all but the most contentious of Lord Justice Leveson's recommendations.
Commentators were overheard saying they would give Leveson's performance and findings 'a six or seven out of ten', adding that he 'could've gone further but it could've been a lot weaker'.
Where press regulation goes from here is a matter still up for debate - Lord Justice Leveson has made his recommendations, and it is up to the Government how they are implemented.
On Wednesday national newspaper editors accepted the challenge laid down by David Cameron by agreeing to create an independent press regulator that meets all but the most contentious of Lord Justice Leveson's recommendations.
The editors refused to sign up to
7 of the recommendations, unveiled in a 2,000 page report last week, ;that
proposed a role for Ofcom or another statutory body in auditing the work of the
regulator.
Among the recommendations that were accepted was agreement
to allow the planned regulator to set up a whistleblowers' hotline for
journalists who believe they are being asked to breach the industry code of
practice.
My Opinion: I believe that it
is interfering with Newspapers's ability to publish news and taking
away its freedom however, I believe Leveson's judgement is 'the start of
a negotiation rather than the final say' as you can see editors have already
refused to sign up to seven of the recommendations.
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