jukido
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 Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:01 pm Post subject: Barber said: "The PCC in its current form is dead |
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Barber said: "The PCC in its current form is dead. Not because it is dishonest or unethical. But because it no longer commands public confidence. The PCC – whatever its qualities – has shown itself to be incapable of regulating the media's baronies. Whether or not that view is fair is irrelevant."
A new regulator should work to "intelligible statements of principle, measurable standards and a clear mandate for intervention" by building on "useful work by the PCC".
Its sanctions should include timely and prominent redress for corrections or adverse adjudications. But he thought the idea of investing such a body with investigatory powers to be "more problematic". He said:
"Investigatory powers would be a serious weapon to combat wrongdoing. But it is important to distinguish between criminal misconduct which is a matter for the police, and unethical or unprofessional journalistic behaviour.
Any investigations would require a fairly high threshold, to be approved by the appropriate (and independent!) committee of the new self-regulatory body. Otherwise, letting loose a trigger-happy team of investigators would be costly and open to abuse."
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