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This 6 page paper considers who controls the British Press. The background, role and effectiveness of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) is considered. Numerous cases are cited to demonstrate points raised regarding the lack of control. The paper also considers the impact of the Human Rights Act in controlling the content of newspapers. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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this has been undertaken may have been questionable in some instances, but whatever the news item, the potential for impact it has on the reader is large. It is for
this reason that newspapers are used as tool by the politicians in the election campaigns or for publicity purposes, one only as to remember back to the BSE scare and
the picture of a minister eating a burger with his child. However, the content and the control overt the content may be seen as more complex that would at
first be considered. The initial impression would e that editorial control dictated content and style. To a certain extent this is true. A newspaper is like any other product,. To
sell it has to appeal to its target audience, and any media studies student will be aware that target markets for various papers will be different. They will need to
put the content together in such as way as to appeal to that audience, this will usually include a political bias which reflects the readers general views. However, it I
with views that there is the greatest level of controversy, as the role of the papers may be to inform, but it is questionable as to whether is should be
to persuade. There are many well known instances of the newspapers being wring, for example, it was hypothesized y the Times that HIV was not really the virus that
caused AIDS. The propaganda value is also well known, and as such, even with editorial control there are many other influences that may exert a control. The power of
the press and the need to control it has been the subject of many debates. In this last year (2003), there have been attempts at introducing new regulation so that
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