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[News] Journalists to face jail for stories which “embarrass the Government”
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Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Corrupt.
schmunk
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franks brother
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They don't need the media to embarrass them, they do it by themselves every day.
It's in the Mail so it's probably a load of old bollocks. It sounds like the exact opposite of anything Boris the libertarian would support.
Mind you, the same was once true about Brexit....
Mind you, the same was once true about Brexit....
Machiavelli
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I read the Mail when there's one lying around just to see what they're up to. It doesn't strike me as the most untrustworthy of papers, merely one that I disagree with, but acknowledge it's extremely effective at what it does.
Will the following do?
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...ng-home-office-public-interest-whistleblowing
dsr-burnley
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beorhthelm
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much more measured tone from the Guardian though. against it by instinct, there's an interesting problem here about the blur between espionage and leaking government information. people will knee-jerk against it, overlooking the Law Commission initiated review. it probably needs some thought, more than can fit in 280 characters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Secrets_Act_1989
Pretty much been a law since 1989. Reveal any dirty secrets and you might find yourself in jail.
Pretty much been a law since 1989. Reveal any dirty secrets and you might find yourself in jail.
HAILSHAM SEAGULL
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Bricklayers Wanted!!!
The amount of embarressing stories the current mob create, they will need some new prisons.
The amount of embarressing stories the current mob create, they will need some new prisons.
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I trust broadsheets more. 'Trust' still in inverted commas. But, yes, thanks for the link.
beorhthelm
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thats the point, it isnt. OSA is much more narrow than people think, if its not relating to defense or foreign powers, its not covered.
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For me the issue is always 'public interest'. The press in this country needs heavy censoring because it often acts in the interests of the lowest common denominator of literary trash- often at the expense of others welfare.
However, once standards and values are applied, proper investigative journalism that exposes corruption, injustice and crime should not be censored.
The courts have a good handle on such things generally, but are only really accessible for the wealthy.
Happy to see gazillions in fines for infringements on right to privacy. Not happy to see someone banged up for exposing uncomfortable truths about government and civil service activity.
However, once standards and values are applied, proper investigative journalism that exposes corruption, injustice and crime should not be censored.
The courts have a good handle on such things generally, but are only really accessible for the wealthy.
Happy to see gazillions in fines for infringements on right to privacy. Not happy to see someone banged up for exposing uncomfortable truths about government and civil service activity.
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beorhthelm
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or jump bail of course.
vegster
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Or pay the ultimate price for getting too close to the truth of corrupt government.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/30/europe/daphne-caruana-galizia-qa-intl/index.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-journalist-murdered/
midnight_rendezvous
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I’m sure the Mail was seen as the most unreliable and untrustworthy news organisation in the country, racking up sanctions from the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) for its factual inaccuracy. And considering the British press is the least trusted in Europe (European Commission survey giving it a net rating of minus 60), that doesn’t bode well.