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is too low or too high: research needs to be reformed without stifling press freedom, curiosity or feasibility

The snub was exquisite and, presumably, designed to make a point. Counsel for the Metropolitan Police, Lord Justice Leveson said he was representing Acting Commissioner "Tim Goodwin," the judge looked up and said, after a pause studied, "I think you'll find the name of your customer Godwin. "The spirit contained a terse message: you can be on top of his memory, but I am

The first signs are good research Leveson. The first year of its deliberations will be spread everywhere, ranging from ethics to the economy of the media. Each hearing will be held outdoors. Whatever their eventual trial, meaning that even his critics acknowledge the potential that it was a job well done.

Some of the key issues are clear. These include: how you can separate "good" investigative journalism of the "greed"? When clandestine methods - the secret filming, recording, identity theft, and, yes, telephone hacking - justified? What are the lines of responsibility, where such operations are performed?

much of the argument involves two unresolved issues of privacy and the public interest. Despite the efforts of judges to interpret Article 8 of the Human Rights Act, the definition of public interest in these cases remains problematic. Time must be devoted to this subject. The problems are often wrongly, by reducing the rights of celebrities.

influence of celebrities

At the conference of the Liberal Democrats' Hugh Grant argues that the famous have the right to determine when and how his private life should remain private. In other words, it is private, unless and until the sale of their wedding pictures to Hello! magazine. To adapt the old adage: what is the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion? Having a good accountant. What is the difference between enjoying his private life and complain about the intrusion? Having a good agent.

politicians who had dinner with Grant, seduced by its charm, to accept their statements without a journalism question. Many - including some who have called for reform of defamation - now seem to accept a "control" of the program. This part of some powerful assumptions: the description of Tony Blair in the press like wild animals in general is correct, the only legal regulations, including fines and licenses, can tame animals, and it is easy to distinguish the good Journalism (large, usually liberal) and bad journalism (tabloid and middle market, usually fiercely right).

At conferences of the parties, the delegates lined up to denounce the media. The motion passed by the Liberal Democratic Party was winding reviewed by the office of Nick Clegg as excessive, and that was after he managed to soften. Working at the conference, Ed Miliband, distanced itself from the proposal to Ivan Lewis, a mechanism to "strike out" reporters. At the top of the parties appears to be a better understanding of the need for a proportionate response.

The motivations of the legislators are mixed. For some it is a return on investment for the expenses scandal. For those whose phones have been cut from rabies understandable. For others, in particular, to the left is the recovery time after years of Blair / Brown adulation at the feet of Murdoch empire. For many, there is nothing above, more than one way to do something imperfect.

Take Hungary, another member of the EU. Its new media law, passed in 2010, the attacks of a free press by imposing state control of public service broadcasting and the right to impose fines on publishers. Hungary is perhaps the most dangerous, but there are others too. In Italy, the editors are regularly fired for being on the wrong side of Silvio Berlusconi.
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