2. Regulating Print Media
There is no statutory Press Council or statutory
complaints body in the United Kingdom, the print
media is essentially self-regulating.
It sets out its own guidelines on precise matters and is
constantly revising its Code of Practice.
3. Press Complaints Commission
The self regulatory body is called the Press Complaints
Commission set up in 1991 it should uphold the
highest standards of journalism. It also decides on
whether a complaint is justified or not.
Membership of the PCC is voluntary, although in
practice all major newspapers are members.
Newspapers and periodicals pay a levy to fund the
PCC.
4. The Leveson Inquiry
Led by Lord Justice Leveson this two part inquiry was
to look into the phone hacking scandal from the
journalistic and police involvement.
Lord Justice Leveson opened the hearings on 14
November 2011, saying:“The press provides an essential
check on all aspects of public life. That is why any
failure within the media affects all of us. At the heart of
this Inquiry, therefore, may be one simple question:
who guards the guardians?” . This means that the press
provide a useful service but must not be allowed to do
what they like.
5. Code of Practice.
The present code of practice contains 16 articles
dealing with a variety of issues such as
accuracy, privacy, harassment, intrusion, children, listi
ng devices , discrimination, confidential sources and
payment for articles.
7. Possible complaint issues within
Kerrang magazine.
Issue NO 1298, 6th February 2010 page number 18,
article “Every time I Die” he shouted to audience “This
is not a f**king telethon”, and the word sh*t.
On page 24 the article about Ian Watkins there is at
least 10+ swearing words including c**t and the rest of
the words are f**k.
