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The Media Show: Lord Justice Leveson

Lord Justice Leveson

30/11/2012

BBC Radio 4 - The Media Show, Lord Justice Leveson

As Leveson rejects their plan for self-regulation, what can the editors come up with now?

The Leveson Inquiry rejected the industry's own plans for self-regulation. So what can they come up with now, and are they overlooking the potential benefits of Leveson's plan?

First, last year, David Cameron called on Lord Justice Leveson to recommend a new regulatory system for the press. Then, yesterday, after he'd made his recommendations, Leveson LJ passed responsibility for the next steps back to the government - they, he said, must decide "who guards the guards". Where does that leave the industry, whose own plans for self-regulation were rejected by the inquiry? How much of the Leveson scheme can they accept and what can or should they now offer to meet the calls for independent self-regulation? 

To explore the behind-the-scenes negotiations, Steve Hewlett talks to a range of editors tasked with finding a solution: Peter Wright, former editor of the Mail on Sunday, Chris Blackhurst, editor of The Independent, John Witherow, editor of the Sunday Times, Trevor Kavanagh, associate editor of The Sun and Anne Pickles, associate editor of The Cumberland News and the News and Star which are part of the Cumbrian Newspaper Group. 

Producer Beverley Purcell.

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