Leveson Inquiry

Summary
National newspaper editors on Wednesday accepted the challenge laid down by David Cameron by agreeing to create an independent press regulator that meets all but the most contentious of Lord Justice Leveson's recommendations. Normally fiercely competitive tabloid and broadsheet titles agreed at a breakfast summit to 40 of Leveson's first 47 proposals – paving the way for the creation of a new regulator with powers to levy fines of up to £1m. It would also operate a low-cost tribunal system to handle libel and privacy claims. Lord Justice Leveson's 1,987-page report establishes the findings of his 17-month inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press. Jane Martinson offers a five-minute guide to exactly what the report says about the key issues.David Cameron has met newspaper editors and told them the clock is ticking for them to set up a new press regulator. The meeting comes in the wake of the Leveson report which called for an independent self-regulatory body for the press, backed up by legislation. Labour and the Liberal Democrats both support statutory underpinning, but the prime minister and the majority of Conservative MPs are against it.

My view

In my opinion I think that by them implementing this regulation will bring justice to the innocent people that were involved by these phone incidents and prevent it from happening again in the future. But then again on the other hand, making this regulation means that as the public will certain things be hidden from us? These legislations will mean that most information’s will be hidden from the public and as the upper classes that have more authority will have the choice of what we can and cannot see in the media.