Newspaper code of conduct introduced

Title

Newspaper code of conduct introduced

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

28 Nov 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:44

Description

Margaret Shiels reports on an agreement on a code of practice by the editors of Britain’s national newspapers after recent controversy over invasions of privacy. The joint declaration accepts the needs for each newspaper to improve its own methods of self-regulation. The code has been welcomed by the Press Council, but rejected as unworkable by Conservative MP, John Browne, who tried to introduce his own privacy bill. Includes interviews with Brian MacArthur, Sunday Times; John Browne.

Contributors

John Browne; Brian MacArthur; Margaret Shiels

Keywords

Data protection; Newspapers; UK; Great Britain; Mass media; Right to privacy; Contract law; Conduct at work

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