Political Context and Reguation


 13/03/24

Political Context and Regulation

  • The Guardian is a daily newspaper published by the Guardian group and owned by the Scott Trust.
  • The Observer is the Sunday newspaper published by the Guardian group. It’s basically the Guardian but released on a Sunday with more of a focus on investigative, long term, journalism. But it will still report on immediate news. It’s the oldest running Sunday newspaper and dates back to 1791!
  • The Guardian Weekly is a weekly summary of the week published by the Guardian group which compiles articles and pieces from the previous seven days into a weekly summary

The Guardian/Observer follow five principles:
  • Develop ideas that help to improve the world, not just critique it.
  • Collaborate with readers and others to have greater impact.
  • Diversify, to have richer reporting from a representative newsroom.
  • Be meaningful in all our work.
  • Report fairly on people as well as power and find things out. 

Newspapers and reporters are supposed to provide their readers with:
  • Objective information – This means it should be free from prejudice caused by personal feelings.  
  • Unbiased – represent people, events and ideas fairly. 
  • Reliable information – from trusted sources. 
However, the news presents itself as an objective (non-biased) form of media, like any other media text it has its own agenda. 
Newspapers are owned by individuals with their own political and social agendas and these ideologies are reflected in the editorial content of the papers

Ideology – a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy. (set of ideas)




























Daily Express - right wing supportive of Nigel Farage image - smiling represents him in a good light 
headline - be ready - unites Britain as a whole country

Daily Mirror - centre / left - liberal unbiased views
headline - quote from Farage stating his opinion 'i want'  



Freedom of the Press - the right to circulate opinions in print without censorship by the government.
















Leveson Inquiry 
- new self-regulation body
- independent of serving editors, government and business
- 2011 David cameron set up Leveson inquiry to examine phone hacking scandal
- many gave evidence to the inquiry but t had wrecked havoc with lives of innocent people
 
IPSO 
- independent press standards organisation
- funded by magazine and newspaper companies 
- any member of the public can make complaints to IPSO
- they claimed its new, better, delivered Leveson enquired recommended#
- ipso is unfair and biased so ordinary people will suffer

Ofcom 
- broadcasting regulator for TV, you can make complaints to them it could be advertising or something that was offensive said in the programme
- backed by the law 
some, including mp's and peers have questioned the wisdom of bringing more regulation to the press and not wider internet
- goverment established independent regulatory body




































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