Roger on Lord Leveson
Posted by Roger Godsiff, MP for Birmingham, Hall Green, at 10:24, Mon 26 November 2012:
Speaking from Westminster prior to the much anticipated release of Lord Leveson’s first report into the press, Roger said: “I am not in favour of self regulation for the press and, indeed, for any other bodies of professionals because, in my experience, the only one that does a good job of ‘self regulation’ is the British Medical Association. I believe that there does need to be independent regulation of the media but this can only have the required powers if it is backed by statutory laws and that is what I will be supporting.”
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Posted by Mohammed Hemraj, 15:00, Mon 26 November 2012: (Is this post abusive?) #
My present study relates to the regulation of credit rating agencies in which I am examining self-regulation, statutory regulation and common law. I am in favour of self-regulation for several reasons: the statutory regulation has brought in more bureaucracy, has stifle competition and has made it expensive as there is a need of funding (from tax payers money) to pay to the regulators to regulate and in the end it has not worked. In case of the Press, it will be better to allow the judges to incrementally develop the common law and they will do it by balancing the competing interests i.e. between the free speech and prevent defamation.
The question is: should the press use underhand tactics to gather information? I have no personal objection if it is in the public interest. It is inevitable that at times the Press will get it wrong and some people in the high offices will be hurt.