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sedzia; sam zeznaje dla sie i juz; sam jest, jak mawiaja w USA, "Judge and Jury'.) Below from blogger - hard to say whose; knows the market somewhat and somewhat from British perspective; we are waking up - they lie and smear, issue not conceivaable 20 years ago in USA; now washing of more and more. HOW MANY VICTIMS OUT THERE? "British Journalism: some views from the States In the continuing debate about libel reform there has been substantial reliance on the legal approach in America, where the First Amendment normally trumps other rights and interests. Since the decision in New York Times v Sullivan public figures cannot sue for defamation unless they can establish malice. Inforrm has approached leading American journalists for their views on the British Press and the differences in between journalism in the United States and journalism in the UK . There are only a few national papers, the New York Times (circulation about 1 million) , the Wall Street Journal (circulation about 2.1 million copies , including 400,000 online paid subscriptions) Washington Post (circulation about 580,000) and USA Today (circulation about 1.9 million). The Washington Post reports more local news and is also focused on Government issues. All national papers have some staff foreign correspondents but these are less than before because of falling revenue. They also use stringers abroad. The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, LA Times and the Baltimore Sun are the other major local newspapers. They have Washington Bureaus and some foreign correspondents but less foreign correspondents than a few years ago. There are also the Miami Herald and the St Petersburg Times and there are numerous other local newspapers. In contrast to the UK there is only a limited tabloid market in the US. The National Enquirer magazine is the most “tabloid” outlet in the US, and it was recently nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for its reporting on the Senator John Edwards affair. The nomination was controversial and it did not win the Prize. The New York Post is also tabloid but mild in comparison to the British press. There is also a few other tabloid magazines such as Star magazine , OK! (US), People magazine and US magazine which focus on celebrities. There was consensus among the American Journalists that we spoke to that there are number of fundamental ethical rules and methods of American journalism which are very different from the approach followed by the majority of the British Press (particularly the tabloid press). First Rule – Don’t pay for the story: The US newspapers do not pay for stories. One reason they do not pay for stories is that if payment is offered then the person tends to provide the story that they think the journalists want. Also the payment and the newspapers then becomes part of the story. US newspapers would not have paid the reported £300,000 that the Telegraph paid for the data on the Members of Parliament. They would also not pay for kiss and tell stories for two reasons. They do not pay for stories and they are generally reluctant to run article about peoples private lives. It appears that the National Enquirer does pay for stories. Second Rule – Don’t reveal sources: Like in the UK US journalists do not reveal their sources. However the US Courts appear more willing to order source disclosure and over the last few dacades a substantial number of US journalists over the past decades have been imprisoned for refusing to hand over notes or for refusing to reveal sources. Eg Judith Miller of the New York Times. In July 2005, Miller was jailed for contempt of court for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury investigating a leak naming Valerie Plame as a covert CIA agent. Plame’s CIA identity was divulged publicly in a column by conservative political commentator Robert Novak on July 14, 2003. The First Amendment Center has a detailed discussion about US source disclosure cases including the Judith Miller case here. Third Rule – Don’t lie or use deception to get a story: In the US journalist believe that they should not lie or deceive in order to get a story. They don’t engage in stings or entrapment. Such tactics are unethical. Stings involve deception and the journalist becoming part of the story. If you entrap someone you would not know whether the target would do the actions but for the entrapment. Fourth Rule- Don’t cooperate with the Police: US journalists don’t cooperate with the police. If the police want to see the journalist notes the journalist will refuse to hand over the notes but this may well result in journalist /paper publishing all the notes in an article to prevent a court ordering the journalists to hand over the notes. Fifth rule- Prior Notification: Always seek the comment from the target and it should generally go high up in the article – something like the third paragraph. The response should not be buried at the bottom of the article. Obviously if the target refuses to give a response then at least they have been given an opportunity. Another fundamental difference between the US and the UK concerns sex stories. In general, US Journalists are very reluctant to cover sex stories unless there is hypocrisy by a politician and it is a newsworthy story. The US view of the UK press US newspapers journalists don’t do stings, entrapments, payments to sources, kiss and tells, and find the obsession of the UK press with sex stories difficult to comprehend. They think that this is perhaps a basic cultural difference.There is a much stronger and more powerful tabloid tradition in the UK, which would not succeed in the US because it is different culture. The UK press sometimes appear to act as reporters, police judge and Jury whereas the US reporter is trying to be a neutral observer, trying not to affect the story or be part of the story. One US journalist said to us that the difference between US and the UK is that in the US , you never let the story get in the way of the facts whereas in the UK the opposite was true. The US journalists referred to the notorious case of Jason Blair who worked for the New York Times as a journalist but was later exposed as a plagiarist and fantasist who fabricated parts of stories. Jason Blair resigned and now works as a life coach. The New York Times reported on Blair’s misdeeds in a lengthy front page article on 11th May 2003 entitled “Correcting the Record; The Times Reporter Who resigned leaves a Long Trail of Deception”. One US based reporter said while Jason Blair was the exception in the US such practices were much more frequent in the UK. Conclusion There are certainly very different cultural values in play in the US and UK but also very different approaches to journalism. ethics and the role of the media. Maybe the media in both countries get the law that they deserve. Comparisons between the two legal systems are only useful in the context of what actually happens in each country. Here are some interesting links: Reuters Handbook, The Pew Center, New York Times Policy on Ethics in Journalism, and finally a collection of links on Journalism Ethics. " SEE EXPERTS ON ETHICS. IN USA THIS IS STRAIGHT LEFTIES POSITION - TOLERATED BUT NOT THAT EXITING. THAT BLOOGER MIGHT HAVE FED THIS INTO THE INTERNET LINES AS IF ALL - THAT SI WAHT USUALLY OCCURS THIS DAYS, DUE TO COMPLETE FLOADING OF THE USDA INTERNET WITH ETICAL GARBAGE. IT IS NOT LIKE THAT ELSWHERE. THERE IS NO RULE THAT ALL INTERNET EMNTIOTIES ARE 'SPIES', SLLEZY, INDIRECT AND LYING FOR CREATING TEHSTEAR, BUT THE SITUATION NOW IS ALARMING - IT SEEM THAT MOSTHLY WEM DEALING WOTH PROVOCATION. LET SEE IN A FEW INTERNET CORE POINTS IF THEY, TEH PROCATOUS ARE BRITISH. ....MORE REFERENCES OF TAHT BLOGGER:Bookmarks » Lionel Barber's Cudlipp Lecture, Index on Censorship Blog » News International moves on from the dark arts to dirty tricks - Greenslade Blog » How News of the World stole kiss-and-tell story through phone- hacking - Greenslade Blog » BBC Media Show, 2 February, Steve Hewlett - iplayer » News of the World phone-hacking scandal Timeline » British Hacking Scandal Turns to Charge of a Stolen Scoop - NYTimes.com Search Inforrm’s Blog Home Inforrm News and EventsTable of Cases 2010-2011 Table of Forthcoming CasesAbout Inforrm ... IF YOU ENTER THEIR HOME ; SUPREME COURT! I MAGED TO GET OUT QUITE A BIT; YES, THEY ARE BRITISH RULLING THE WORLD ON THE BLOG! I COPY ALL AS THEY MOST LIKELY DISSEAPER OR LIE LIE AND LIE AGAIN. "Times Newspapers – the Appeal Documents 8 02 2011 We reported yesterday that the Supreme Court has given Times Newspapers permission to appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal in Flood v Times Newspapers ([2010] EWCA Civ 804). Permission has been granted on condition that the “Times” agrees to pay Mr Flood’s costs in any event. The “Times” has now provided us with copies of the relevant Supreme Court appeal documents: sections 5 and 6 of its Notice of Appeal and its submissions on the proposal to grant conditional permission to appeal. Read the rest of this entry » Comments : 1 Comment » Categories : Libel -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Opinion: “Don’t be fooled by the media” – Steven Heffer 8 02 2011 “When I read Anthony Lester’s Bill back in May my first thought was that this is a Bill for Journalists. A Bill for the Media”. Those are not my words but those of Senior BBC Journalist, Kevin Marsh in a recent debate on libel reform. It’s not that surprising. Lester’s Bill was conceived out of years of relentless campaigning by media organisations. The Government is now drafting its own Bill, using this as the starting point. Read the rest of this entry » Comments : 1 Comment » Categories : Legal, Media -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Law and Media Round Up – 7 February 2011 [Updated] 7 02 2011 In this regular feature we draw attention to the last week’s law and media news and next week’s upcoming events. If readers have any news or events which they would like to draw attention to please add them by way of comments on this post. News The most important case of the week was Monday’s “anonymity” decision of the Court of Appeal in the JIH case. Edward Craven’s Inforrm post about the decision attracted a record number of hits. Unfortunately, neither the decision itself nor this post appears to have been read by many journalists who produced characteristically inaccurate and one- sided analyses of the case the following day (see our post here). Read the rest of this entry » Comments : 1 Comment » Categories : Legal, Media -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- News: Libel in the Supreme Court [Revised] 7 02 2011 Gary Flood On 24 January 2011, the Supreme Court gave permission to appeal in the case of Flood v Times Newspapers. Lords Hope, Brown and Mance originally proposed to grant permission on the condition that the “Times” agreed to pay Mr Flood’s costs in any event. The Court has now granted permission on these terms. The “Times” has to decide whether to pursue the appeal on this basis. We commented on the Court of Appeal decision at the time and other discussions of it can be found in the “Table of Recent Cases” above. There is a report on the initial permission decision in the Press Gazette. Read the rest of this entry » Comments : 1 Comment » Categories : Libel -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Revisited and Revised: Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Information: Part 2 International Instruments and other Jurisdictions – Hugh Tomlinson QC 6 02 2011 In this feature we revisit older posts which remain of current interest. In this updated series of posts from May 2010 Hugh Tomlinson QC considers the relationship between freedom of expression and freedom of information in European, international and domestic law. Part 1 was posted on 5 February. The cautious approach of the European Court of Human Rights to freedom of information can be contrasted with the approach of other international bodies. Read the rest of this entry » Comments : 1 Comment » Categories : Freedom of expression, Government and Policy, Human Rights -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- News: Home Affairs Select Committee Publishes Phone Hacking Evidence 5 02 2011 On 4 February 2011, “because of the continuing public interest” in the subject, the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee published all the written evidence it has received to date. The short written evidence of former “News of the World” journalist Paul McMullan has received publicity in some newspapers. There were reports in the Guardian, the Independent, the Daily Telegraph, and in the Financial Times. As usual, there was no mention of this “phone hacking” story in the “Sun”, “The Times” or the “Daily Mail”. Read the rest of this entry » Comments : 1 Comment » Categories : Legal, Media -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Revisited and Revised: Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Information: Part 1 The European Convention – Hugh Tomlinson QC 5 02 2011 In this feature we revisit older posts which remain of current interest. In this revised and updated series of posts from May 2010 Hugh Tomlinson QC considers the relationship between freedom of expression and freedom of information in European, international and domestic law. Introduction In contrast to modern human rights instruments, the European Convention on Human Rights does not contain any express right to freedom of information. This has often been identified as an important weakness in the Convention. Read the rest of this entry » Comments : 1 Comment » Categories : Freedom of expression, Government and Policy, Human Rights -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Opinion: “Freedom of Information in the Wikileaks era” – Andrew Murray 4 02 2011 This is the text of Andrew Murray’s opening statement at the BIICL debate on Freedom of Information in the WikiLeaks Era. It was originally posted on his blog, “The IT Lawyer” and is reproduced with permission and thanks. There was a report of the full debate by Judith Townend posted on Wednesday. Introduction I am pleased to be here tonight among a panel of expert commentators. I believe the role of the academic on occasions such as this is to provide the broader viewpoint that is afforded by the freedom of not having to support either a client viewpoint or a professional one. Read the rest of this entry » Comments : 3 Comments » Categories : Journalism, Media -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Case Law: Wallis v Meredith – another libel strike out – Sara Mansoori 4 02 2011 The recent decision of the Mr Justice Christopher Clarke in Wallis v Meredith ([2011] EWHC 75 (QB)) resulted in the Claimant’s case being struck out on the basis that there had been no real or substantial tort following Jameel v Dow Jones & Co Inc ([2005] QB 946). The Defendant, Mr Meredith, had been an employee of the claimant company which had been founded by Mr Wallis. Following Mr Meredith’s redundancy the relationship between the parties broke down and the Claimants instructed Mishcon de Reya who began to correspond with Mr Meredith on their behalf. Read the rest of this entry » Comments : 1 Comment » Categories : Libel -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Opinion: “Daily Mail on the naughty step over domestic violence case” – Adam Wagner 4 02 2011 In an entertaining post which also raises the serious issue of journalistic responsibility, the Nearly Legal blog has put a Daily Mail “family law expert” on the naughty step in relation an article on a recent Supreme Court decision on the meaning of domestic violence in housing cases. According to the respected housing law blog, the Mail article, entitled “Shout at your spouse and risk losing your home: It’s just the same as domestic violence, warns woman judge”, demonstrates“why the Mail is not a paper of record for case reports”. Read the rest of this entry » Comments : 1 Comment » Categories : Legal, Media -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- « Previous Entries -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bookmarks » Lionel Barber's Cudlipp Lecture, Index on Censorship Blog » News International moves on from the dark arts to dirty tricks - Greenslade Blog » How News of the World stole kiss-and-tell story through phone- hacking - Greenslade Blog » BBC Media Show, 2 February, Steve Hewlett - iplayer » News of the World phone-hacking scandal Timeline » British Hacking Scandal Turns to Charge of a Stolen Scoop - NYTimes.com Search Inforrm’s Blog Inforrm RSS Feed RSS - Posts Contact Inforrm inforrmeditorial@googlemail.com Top Posts Law and Media Round Up - 7 February 2011 [Updated] Opinion: "Don’t be fooled by the media" - Steven Heffer News: Libel in the Supreme Court [Revised] Flood v Times Newspapers - the Appeal Documents Revisited and Revised: Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Information: Part 2 International Instruments and other Jurisdictions – Hugh Tomlinson QC Revisited and Revised: Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Information: Part 1 The European Convention – Hugh Tomlinson QC News: Home Affairs Select Committee Publishes Phone Hacking Evidence Opinion: "Daily Mail on the naughty step over domestic violence case" - Adam Wagner Opinion: "Freedom of Information in the Wikileaks era" - Andrew Murray Case Law: Wallis v Meredith - another libel strike out - Sara Mansoori Inforrm Law and Media Weekly Round Ups 31 January 2011 Round Up 24 January 2011 Round Up 17 January 2011 Round Up 10 January 2011 Round Up 20 December 2010 Round Up 13 December 2010 Round Up Email Subscription Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. 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