2. The print media is essentially self-regulating.Which means the
Government has no control on what the press regulators get up to.There is
no statutory Press Council, no statutory complaints body and no requirement
that journalists have to be registered or belong to any particular company.
During the 1980’s there were a number of public complaints about the
excesses in the British press and the British Government responded by
setting up a public enquiry into press regulation which reported in 1990.
The enquiry recommended the establishment that a new voluntary body to
regulate the press was to be created to replace an existing body.
Press ComplaintsCommission (PCC) was created in early 1991 in order to
avoid the creation of a statutory council.
Article 19
3. A Code of Practice for the press was drawn up by the committee of editors
and all British editors and publishers committed themselves to upholding
the code.
The PCC began receiving complaints and issuing guidelines on specific
matters almost immediately and has continued to do so to the present day.
Since it was originally adopted by the industry's Code of Practice
Committee, there have been various revisions in structure and numerous
updates to the Code of Practice.
The current Code of Practice contains 16 articles dealing with a wide range
of issues, including
accuracy, privacy, harassment, intrusion, children, listening
devices, discrimination, confidential sources and payment for articles.
Anyone can make a complaint to the PCC alleging breach by a newspaper or
magazine of the Code. Complaints are free and do not require legal
representation.
Press Complaints Commission (PCC)
4. POSSIBLE REGUALTION ISSUES FOR
KERRANG!
Intrusion into grief or shock: In cases
involving personal grief or shock. When
reporting suicide, care should be taken to
avoid excessive detail about the method
used.
Discrimination: The press must avoid
prejudicial to an individual's
race, colour, religion, gender, sexual
orientation or to any physical or mental
illness or disability.
Even though the PCC do not have rules
saying that swear words cannot be used in
magazines. I would say It falls down to
moral issues of not allowing children to
read book or magazines with swear words.
Intrusion into grief or shock: In cases
involving personal grief or shock. When
reporting suicide, care should be taken to
avoid excessive detail about the method
used.
In my KERRANG magazine edition (issue no: 1298 cover date :
06/02/10) the content page has a article written by the deputy
editor (Paul Harries) which in his article refers to drug use by a rock
stars girlfriend.
In page 16 they rate a energy tour 5 star or in other hand 5 k’s
which can be seen as a racial implication. In page 52 they rate 2
albums 3 k’s which can be seen in a racial way by the 3 k’s meaning
Ku Klux Klan.
Through out the magazine there's more than one swear words for
example F*uck, S*it and even C*nt which is classed as the rudest
word in the English dictionary.The page which should be
complained about to the PCC is the page 24 which is the interview
with IanWarkins which holds shocking statements e.g. ‘’Fucking a
million whores a day’’ even though the deputy editor warned the
readers about the interview with Ian.
In page 6 the article ‘’It was quiet until we got here’’ they briefly
talk about suicide I know this because they say ‘’follow-up to
2008’s suicide season’’ which readers could find disturbing.
