Tag Archives: Law

Nov 22 2012

Revenge of the Evil Empire and why I’m backing Darth Vader: my case against statutory newspaper regulation #Leveson

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[we have set up an 'objective LSE Leveson blog with lots of links to articles and research on the Inquiry, the politics and the regulatory policy - references welcome] It seems that like cockroaches, British newspapers can survive the nuclear … Continue reading

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May 28 2012

Blair: Lessons From Leveson (Part One)

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One of the great myths of British political history is that Tony Blair’s New Labour invented spin: the obsessive attempt by politicians to manipulate media coverage by controlling the message. I’ve just been reading Dominic Sandbrook’s ‘Seasons In The Sun’ … Continue reading

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