Privacy and Injunctions - Evidence - Parliament

Ian Hislop, Editor, Private Eye—Supplementary written evidence
some mistakes cannot be avoided. It is, however, for those who have subscribed to
the PCC to explain whether the Editors’ Code has been inadequately applied,
ignored or deliberately broken.
12. It seems to me that non-statutory regulations do not need to apply to all
“publications” for them to “work”. There are many different types of publication and,
depending on what problem or perceived problem is being addressed, different forms
of guidelines or regulation may be appropriate. If the aim is to regulate the “press”,
then the more major newspaper publishers which sign up (national and regional,
broadsheet and tabloid), then the more effective regulation is likely to be. But
guidelines can and do “work” without having to apply to every publisher.
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