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The British public's antipathy to the press was heightened last month when the People, a Sunday tabloid with 2.7 million in circulation, printed two front-page pictures of Prince William, 7, urinating in a park (headline: THE ROYAL WEE). That led to a protest from Prince Charles and Princess...
The new code, which carries no penalties, was written by the Newspaper Publishers Association, a group that includes both tabloids and the so-called qualities, like the Times and the Guardian. It was formulated, admits Arthur Davidson, legal director of Associated Newspapers, because of a belief that "legislation of some...
Anticipating this study, the code pledges to protect privacy (except when there is a "public interest" in intruding), to provide an opportunity for reply, to correct mistakes promptly, and to avoid irrelevant references to race, color and religion. The code also promises an end to the sort of deception that...
But can the tabloids really reform themselves? Paul Woolwich, editor of Hard News, a TV program that weekly exposes the worst excesses of the British press, has his doubts: "Who will decide when a right to reply is justified or when there can be an invasion of privacy? The newspapers...
The U.S. State Department last year described it as "the most dangerous terrorist organization in existence." Its leader is possibly the world's most wanted man, accused of killing or wounding nearly 1,000 people, most of them innocent people, in attacks around the world over the past 15 years...