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[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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[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Oh god, I have a 10,000 word essay on this, but I have to finish other things first. The absolute loss of expertise from within the industry over the last 10 years is just a disaster.

Though legislating to deal with error in a fairer and more prominent way would be an incentive to hire people based on skills and not on the cheapest available.