And very briefly …

[blamebrampton]

There are a lot of Leveson predictive responses floating about, so I am just going to throw my hat into the ring.

I think that it is very hard to regulate the media in a way that doesn't create bigger problems than it solves.

However, I also think that if you legislated that all factual corrections must be printed, and printed in the same part of the paper and with similar weight to the original story, a lot of errors would stop happening and a lot of people would stop believing a lot of rubbish long after it had been shown to be rubbish.

Please forgive me if I don't respond to comments quickly: off to write and/or fall over in a snot-filled heap.

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[shiv5468.livejournal.com]

I think it would be a really good step if they inforced the laws we already had and banged people up for phone hacking and bribing the filth.

For starters.

[lokifan]

Absolutely. So agreed that a lot of media regulation ends up making things worse - but corrections NEED TO HAPPEN. I remember hearing a year or so back about the Sun, Daily Mirror and the Daily Fail all reporting about a TERRORIST CELL OF EVIL MUSLIMS WHO HAD BEEN HIRED AS OLYMPICS CLEANERS AND PLANNING TO BLOW SHIT UP. Which was utter utter bollocks and they didn't print even teeny corrections.