What is it all about ? What is all the fuss about ?
Whai ts he talking about ? You may wonder .
Yes I am talking about all the commotions that is going around the voting on the implementation of the Leveson's recommendation on press regulation following the big shambles of hacking charges on certain Newspapers.
Yes it is understandable that the victims and the public were dismayed by the confusing stance of our Prime Minister after he went back on his earlier promise of the full implementation of the recommendations as long as they are not "bonkers". Well without making claim that the recommendations were "bonkers" PM changed his stance which gave rise to the suspicion that he gave in to the pressure by some influential Newspapers.
On this particular issue there is a strange coalition is formed yes the partner of the coalition government Liberal Democrats has joined forces with the main opposition party, the Labour and they were going to be supported by some Conservative back bench MP's. Results would have been a defeat for the PM and the strengthening of the charge that our PM is weak.
Well in the mean time The Sun had very serious head line this morning that by going along fully with Leveson's recommendations would seriously erode the freedom of the press and supported their argument with an opinion of former Pm late Winston Churchill.
The question is how genuine is the fear that the implementation would infringe the freedom of the press?
How else would we able to protect the privacy of the normal citizens of our country ? By normal I mean the ordinary people who are not celebrities but gone through some unfortunate incident and was a focus to the Media world.
While it is true that a free press that does not act as mouth pieces of politicians is the back bone of a democratic society, it is also true in a democratic society the privacy of each individual should be protected irrelevant of their status.
In the modern world with advanced communication facilities the Media world has changed compared to Churchill times hence the rights of the press world need to be kept in check with some sort of legal frame work.
It is very encouraging to see that finally the main three parties has come to some kind of consensus on this issue. This would help to make sure that there is a sensible balance will be maintained.
Let us hope that what ever the outcome is that would protect both the freedom of the press and the privacy of the individual .
After all we live in a democratic society . Don't we ?
Sakthi Sakthithasan
18.03.2013
Yes I am talking about all the commotions that is going around the voting on the implementation of the Leveson's recommendation on press regulation following the big shambles of hacking charges on certain Newspapers.
Yes it is understandable that the victims and the public were dismayed by the confusing stance of our Prime Minister after he went back on his earlier promise of the full implementation of the recommendations as long as they are not "bonkers". Well without making claim that the recommendations were "bonkers" PM changed his stance which gave rise to the suspicion that he gave in to the pressure by some influential Newspapers.
On this particular issue there is a strange coalition is formed yes the partner of the coalition government Liberal Democrats has joined forces with the main opposition party, the Labour and they were going to be supported by some Conservative back bench MP's. Results would have been a defeat for the PM and the strengthening of the charge that our PM is weak.
Well in the mean time The Sun had very serious head line this morning that by going along fully with Leveson's recommendations would seriously erode the freedom of the press and supported their argument with an opinion of former Pm late Winston Churchill.
The question is how genuine is the fear that the implementation would infringe the freedom of the press?
How else would we able to protect the privacy of the normal citizens of our country ? By normal I mean the ordinary people who are not celebrities but gone through some unfortunate incident and was a focus to the Media world.
While it is true that a free press that does not act as mouth pieces of politicians is the back bone of a democratic society, it is also true in a democratic society the privacy of each individual should be protected irrelevant of their status.
In the modern world with advanced communication facilities the Media world has changed compared to Churchill times hence the rights of the press world need to be kept in check with some sort of legal frame work.
It is very encouraging to see that finally the main three parties has come to some kind of consensus on this issue. This would help to make sure that there is a sensible balance will be maintained.
Let us hope that what ever the outcome is that would protect both the freedom of the press and the privacy of the individual .
After all we live in a democratic society . Don't we ?
Sakthi Sakthithasan
18.03.2013
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