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Britain: Newspapers Protest New Press Rules Britain: Newspapers Protest New Press Rules
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An array of newspapers protested a new press code on Tuesday that empowers a press watchdog to investigate abuses, order corrections and levy steep fines for misbehavior. The Newspaper Society, which represents 1,100 newspapers, said those provisions would impose a “crippling burden” on publications struggling against the inroads of the Internet. “A free press cannot be free if it is dependent on and accountable to a regulatory body recognized by the state,” said Adrian Jeakings, the president of the society. The conservative Daily Mail commented in an editorial, “The bitter irony is this long-drawn out debate comes when the Internet — which, being global, has no regulatory restraints — is driving newspapers out of business.” Newspaper owners and editors have so far not signed on to the agreement, which lawmakers agreed to early Monday in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal. An array of newspapers protested a new press code on Tuesday that empowers a press watchdog to investigate abuses, order corrections and levy steep fines for misbehavior. The Newspaper Society, which represents 1,100 newspapers, said those provisions would impose a “crippling burden” on publications struggling against the inroads of the Internet. “A free press cannot be free if it is dependent on and accountable to a regulatory body recognized by the state,” said Adrian Jeakings, the president of the society. The conservative Daily Mail commented in an editorial, “The bitter irony is this long-drawn-out debate comes when the Internet — which, being global, has no regulatory restraints — is driving newspapers out of business.” Newspaper owners and editors have so far not signed on to the agreement, which lawmakers agreed to early Monday in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal.