http://nickcohen.net/2009/03/02/taking-the-battle-to-the-judges-part-2/ Journalism from London. Mon, 28 May 2012 07:28:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://nickcohen.net/2009/03/02/taking-the-battle-to-the-judges-part-2/#comment-605 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:34:47 +0000 http://nickcohen.net/?p=507#comment-605 The one part of this which leaves me uncomfortable is the issue of self-harm by UK media.
The Sullivan defence works in the US because the vast majority of media outlets (not all, of course) take issues of sourcing, checking and accuracy desperately seriously (and people get fired or resign when they fall short). Here the media couldn’t give one about accuracy, and when complaints are made to editors outside the courts the complainant basically gets the middle digit.
Seriously, give the News of the World the same legal protection as The New York Times and wait to see what happens.

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