Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: The History of Self-Regulation -- 1. Putting the Press into Perspective -- Ways of thinking about the press -- Notes 1-15 -- 16-36 -- 37-44 -- 2 The Meanings of the Press -- A free press, the state and the law -- Truthfulness, impartiality and accuracy -- Attitudes and abuses -- Notes 1-5 -- 6-23 -- 24-48 -- 49-65 -- 3 Working on the Law: Employers, Journalists and the Legal Framework -- Employers -- The struggle for professional status -- The Institute of Journalists -- The National Union of Journalists -- Politicians and the industry -- Aspects of the legal framework -- Note 1 -- 2-20 -- 21-40 -- 4 A Sense of Doubt: The Origins and History of Self-Regulation up to 1972 -- 1930s-1953 - the emergence of the Press Council -- 1953-64 - a slow start -- 1964-72 - from Shawcross to Younger: reform and rebuke -- Notes 1-15 -- 16-33 -- 34-41 -- 5 Nothing Resolved: Self-Regulation, 1972 -98 -- Turbulence - 1973-79 -- Self-regulation, 1979-93 -- The status quo, 1993-98 -- Years of debate -- Notes 1-15 -- 16-29 -- 30-43 -- 44-55 -- 56-57 -- 6 Organising and Defining Self- Regulation -- 1953-98 -- Finance and membership -- Aims and powers -- Procedures -- Attitudes -- Notes 1-25 -- 26-38 -- 7 Self-Regulation at Work - An Overview -- Lobbying -- Codes and declarations -- Privacy -- Right of reply -- Adjudication -- Holding the line -- Notes 1-6 -- 7-26 -- PART II: Cases and Issues -- 8 The Problem of Accuracy in the UK Press in the 1980s and 1990s -- Accuracy: why is it so important -- Labour councils and the press -- Race and the press complaints commission -- Hurting 'third parties' -- Fact and opinion -- Inaccuracy and justice -- Implications and inadequate remedies -- Note 1 -- 2-23 -- 24-30 -- 9 The Distorting Mirror. The Problem of Misrepresentation in the Press in the 1980s and 1990s.

Misrepresentation and distortion -- The pitfalls of complaining -- A failure of standards and redress -- Notes 1-21 -- 22-28 -- 10 Privacy and Self-Regulation -- Privacy and the public interest -- Sex, sensationalism, politicians and royalty -- Who is a legitimate subject of intrusion? -- The privacy of ordinary people -- A weak system -- Notes 1-19 -- 20-32 -- PART III: Reforming Regulation -- 11 Rights and Responsibilities: The Need for Reform -- An ongoing debate -- A context for reform -- Press freedom and ownership -- Standards and freedom -- Conclusion -- Notes 1-6 -- 7-16 -- Appendix Freedom and Responsibility of the Press Bill -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Abbot, Barrie 101 -- Aberfan disaster, press coverage of 67 -- accountability -- 71 -- 73 -- 83 -- 178 -- and press freedom 186-7 -- and press freedom 186-7 -- and press freedom 188 -- and press freedom 188 -- accuracy -- 22-5 -- 35 -- 53 -- 145-53 -- 185 -- adjudications -- 68 -- 88 -- 89 -- 113 -- 131-41 -- analysis of 136-8 -- delays in 81 -- delays in 82 -- publishing 69-70 -- publishing 69-70 -- publishing 76 -- publishing 76 -- publishing 78 -- publishing 78 -- publishing 79 -- publishing 79 -- publishing 105-6 -- publishing 105-6 -- advertising -- advertising free broadcasting 32 -- and accuracy 145-6 -- dependence on 17 -- duty on 15 -- duty on 16 -- duty on 20 -- duty on 36 -- effect on standards 28 -- effect on standards 29 -- effect on standards 30 -- government list 44-5 -- influence on Press 32 -- influence on Press 32 -- influence on Press 53 -- influence on Press 53 -- Advertising Standards Association [ASA] 145-6 -- Aims of Industry 71 -- Allaun, Frank -- 60 -- 66 -- 112 -- 130 -- 179 -- and right of reply 79-80 -- and right of reply 79-80 -- and right of reply 81 -- and right of reply 81 -- and right of reply 82.

and right of reply 82 -- and right of reply 130 -- and right of reply 130 -- almanacs 13 -- Andrews, Sir Linton -- 98 -- 105 -- 108 -- 115 -- 116-17 -- apologies and retractions 93 -- appeasement policy 32 -- Arnold, Matthew 28 -- ASLEF 130 -- Association of British Editors 91 -- Astor, J.J. -- 98 -- 105 -- Attlee, Clement -- 19 -- 53 -- Baa Baa, Black Sheep 146-7 -- Baker, Kenneth 150 -- Baldwin, Stanley 31 -- ballads -- 10 -- 12 -- 13 -- Ballet Rambert -- 160 -- 163 -- 164 -- Barendt, Eric 180-1 -- Bax, Ernest Belfort 27 -- BBC -- 18 -- 20 -- Beaverbrook newspapers 72 -- Benn, Tony -- 66 -- 73-4 -- 129-30 -- Benson, Preston 53 -- Bentham, Jeremy 23 -- Benyon, W. 81 -- Bevan, Aneurin 31 -- Bevin, Ernest 30 -- bias -- 34 -- 71 -- 76 -- 80 -- against Labour Party 52 -- against Labour Party 52 -- against Labour Party 146 -- against Labour Party 146 -- against Labour Party 150 -- against Labour Party 150 -- Big Issue sellers 157-8 -- Birmingham Ladies Debating Society 27 -- Blackstone, William -- 21 -- 22 -- Blair, Tony -- 93 -- 94 -- 95 -- Blanc, Louis -- 27 -- 46-7 -- Blom-Cooper, Louis -- 86 -- 87 -- 98 -- 124 -- ideas for reform 90 -- ideas for reform 90 -- ideas for reform 104 -- ideas for reform 104 -- ideas for reform 126 -- ideas for reform 126 -- ideas for reform 131 -- ideas for reform 131 -- Bonham-Carter, Violet 57 -- Borzello, Bob -- 147 -- 148 -- 160 -- Bourne, Henry Richard Fox 28 -- Boyce, George 8 -- Bradley, H.J. 56 -- bribery -- 43 -- 47 -- Bristol Evening Post 68 -- British Editor 91 -- British Medical Association 126-7 -- broadcasting -- advertising free 32 -- and accuracy 145 -- censorship 18 -- censorship 20 -- complaints bodies 66 -- complaints bodies 84 -- proliferation of channels 187 -- Brooke, Peter 93 -- Brooks, Edwin 67 -- Brown, Hugh 72 -- Brown, Lucy -- 38 -- 39 -- 44-5 -- Browne, John 86.

Bulger, Jamie, murder of -- 151-2 -- 153 -- Butler, Peter 156 -- Butler, R.A. 61 -- Calcutt Inquiry [1989] -- 87-90 -- 123 -- 126 -- 128 -- 166 -- Calcutt Inquiry [1992-93] -- 91 -- 92 -- 93 -- 94 -- 167 -- Callaghan, Jim 71 -- cameras, long-range -- 67 -- 165 -- Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom [CPBF] -- 79 -- 82 -- 86 -- Campaign for Press Freedom [CPF] -- 78-9 -- 80 -- capitalist press -- 28 -- and profit-making 30 -- criticism by Labour movement 31 -- criticism by Labour movement 33 -- restrictive forms of 8 -- Carnarven Advertiser 38 -- Cash, William -- 85-6 -- 131 -- censorship -- broadcasting 18 -- broadcasting 20 -- film industry 18 -- post-publication penalties 21 -- post-publication penalties 49 -- post-publication penalties 180 -- self-censorship 123 -- chapbooks -- 10 -- 13 -- Charles II -- 9 -- 15 -- Charles, Prince of Wales -- 162 -- 163 -- 169-70 -- Chartist publications 26 -- chequebook journalism -- 67 -- 82 -- 106 -- 121 -- Chesterton, G.K. 29 -- children -- and privacy 172-3 -- witnesses 120 -- Churchill, Winston 57 -- circulation -- 9-12 -- drive to increase 17 -- rapid growth in 10-12 -- rapid growth in 10-12 -- rapid growth in 29 -- rapid growth in 29 -- civil servants, disclosing official information 48 -- class division 84 -- closed shop -- 71 -- 73 -- Clywd, Ann -- 85-6 -- 131 -- Co-operative Press 24 -- Cobbett, William 26 -- Code of Professional Conduct 43 -- codes of conduct -- 69 -- 124-6 -- editors 126 -- editors 131 -- National Union of Journalists [NUJ] 73 -- National Union of Journalists [NUJ] 79 -- National Union of Journalists [NUJ] 95 -- National Union of Journalists [NUJ] 124 -- National Union of Journalists [NUJ] 145-6 -- Press Council 88 -- Press Council 88 -- Press Council 110-11 -- Press Council 110-11 -- Press Council 124-6 -- Press Council 124-6.

Press Council 131 -- Press Council 131 -- Collings, Simon 83 -- Collins, R. 180 -- Colman, Tony 161-2 -- communication, computer-based 187 -- compensation -- 89 -- 93 -- complaints -- categorisation of 132 -- categorisation of 140 -- difficulties of 161-4 -- failure of 163-4 -- fast track procedure 112 -- fast track procedure 130 -- fast track procedure 189 -- guidance 109-10 -- guidance 111 -- procedures 107-13 -- reaching adjudication 113 -- reaching adjudication 132 -- reaching adjudication 140 -- records of 108 -- records of 132 -- records of 133-4 -- redirected to editors 108-9 -- redirected to editors 110 -- redirected to editors 111-12 -- subject of legal proceedings 111 -- time limits for 111 -- Conservative government -- 71 -- 78 -- 121-2 -- and proposals for Press Council 57 -- and right of privacy 166 -- and self-regulation 93 -- and self-regulation 93 -- and self-regulation 180 -- and self-regulation 180 -- contempt, law of -- 123 -- 187 -- Continuation, The 25 -- Cooper, Jonathan 157 -- corantos -- 9 -- 12 -- corrections -- 88 -- 91 -- 93 -- 131 -- 188 -- 189 -- Council [General Council of the Press], criticism of -- 59-61 -- 63-4 -- 75 -- 81 -- 88 -- 105 -- Cowan, Sir Zelman -- 98 -- 106-7 -- 124 -- criminal libel 46 -- criminals -- employed as journalists 29 -- payments to 62 -- payments to 62 -- payments to 67 -- payments to 67 -- payments to 83 -- payments to 83 -- payments to 125 -- payments to 125 -- Croker, John William 26 -- Cudlipp, Hugh 62-3 -- Curl case 46 -- Curran, James -- 8 -- 17 -- D Notice system 187 -- Daily Courant -- 10 -- 23 -- Daily Express -- 24 -- 30 -- 83 -- 155-7 -- 161-2 -- Daily Herald -- 17 -- 24 -- 33 -- Daily Mail -- 11 -- 13 -- 28 -- 30 -- 83 -- 106 -- and Haringay council 146 -- and intrusion 171 -- and intrusion 172 -- and intrusion 173.

and racial discrimination 160.