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This weekend past saw twelve local and international journalists and media practitioners debate Professional Integrity at the thought provoking Cleraun Media Conference.
Monday’s Muse.
Can a code of ethics, some statutory regulators and a biennial event in Ireland improve, or even maintain, standards of professional integrity in the media?
The World Association of Newspapers and the World Editors Forum have protested to the Irish government against proposed privacy legislation that conflicts with press freedom in Ireland and would “inhibit the way newspapers carry out their legitimate and important function in society.”
“We are seriously concerned that the Privacy Bill poses a significant threat to press freedom and would, if enacted, make unlawful the publication of much material that is clearly in the public interest,” said WAN and the WEF in a letter to the Irish Prime Minister, Bertie Ahern, and Justice Minister Michael McDowell.ringtones 6610iringtones free nokia 3560download theme nokia 6600 game ringtoneringtones verizon free absolutely forringtone free nokia 3210 newnokia 6010 ringtonesfree verizon ringtones phone absolutely2 nokia ringtone for joy Map
Monday’s Muse.
Is there a window of opportunity for the newspapers publishing in Ireland to work together to set up a self regulatory Press Council, now that there is uncertainty around the Defamation and Privacy Bills?
The following is a summary of Screen Producers Ireland’s recommendations from the econsultation to the Broadcasting Bill 2006
Screen Producers Ireland (SPI) believes that the Broadcast Bill can effect change across a number of key areas
The following is an excerpt of a speech given by Paul Drury (editor of the Irish Daily Mail) to a law conference in TCD on Sat Sept 30th 2006.
I would be among the first to acknowledge that there is a need to balance the rights to freedom of expression and to privacy in every society, including our own. And I further believe that there is a place in modern society for a press council that could deal quickly and cheaply with legitimate complaints about our industry’s occasional excesses. This is infinitely preferable to the current situation where complaints that could and should be easily, speedily and cheaply settled with an apology end up dragging on for weeks, months and often years in the courts - and where, very often, the only winners are the lawyers.
But I also earnestly believe that these are matters that should, if they are to have any value or meaning, be left to the press itself. Even a sniff of State intervention devalues the whole process and opens the door, even if only by the tiniest of chinks, to full-blooded censorship.
Brussels, 6 October 2006
Making sense of today’s media content: Commission begins public media literacy consultation
As new information and communication technologies make it ever easier for anyone to publish, broadcast or communicate, so the ability to judge the true merit of media content and make conscious choices – or ‘media literacy’ – becomes ever more essential for active citizenship and democracy. To cultivate and improve media literacy in the digital age, the European Commission today opened an EU-wide survey of best practices, and will set out its findings and proposals in a Communication in 2007. The survey questionnaire seeks the public’s views on media literacy in connection with digital technologies, and information about initiatives in commercial communications, film and the online world. The deadline for replies is 15 December.
Monday’s Muse.
Who, or what, is going to test the libel laws as applied to online publishing in Ireland?
Digital Rights Ireland (a body devoted to defending Civil, Human and Legal rights in a digital age) have an excellent overview of the current online libel sitaution in Ireland.
Guido Fawkes appears to have started something by using the pledgebank.com
The folllowing is an excerpt of the opening paragraphs of the conlusion of a research paper carried out by RAXEN (European Information Network on Racism and Xenophobia)
The media have an important role in respect of racism and diversity in Ireland. This study has shown that the reporting of issues related to refugees and asylum seekers has not remained consistent from the period studied, between 1997 and 2002.
In 1997 there was an upsurge in examples of irresponsible and sensationalised reporting, which coincided with and increase in the number of asylum seekers coming to Ireland. There were a number of consistent labels that were attached to asylum seekers during this period including ’spongers’, ‘criminals’, exaggerated comment about the numbers of people coming to Ireland and the risks to public health. These labels were attached by both tabloid and broadsheet newspapers.
The labeling of asylum seekers through these processes bears a close resemblance to similar processes in some of Germany’s tabloid press in the early 1990’s.
Following a range of awareness raising initiatives and criticism of press coverage, including by journalists and media analysts, the tone and content of media reporting improved, particularly by the broadsheet newspapers.
Part Four: Perspectives and Conclusions, p32. of Case Study: Media Coverage of Refugee and Asylum Seekers in Ireland, RAXEN 3, NCCRI/Equality Authority Ireland NFP, April 2003.
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RTE has published its response to the Broadcasting Bill 2006.
RTEÌ welcomes the publication of the General Scheme for the Broadcasting Bill 2006, for widespread consultation, as a precursor to the development of a Broadcasting Bill.
In particular the consolidated approach adopted provides a good opportunity to update the legislation in what is a very challenging broadcasting environment and to future-proof it for the coming years; in this regard it is noted that the General Scheme is effectively silent on DTT. RTEÌ is fully committed to working with DCMNR, and all other relevant parties, in the development and progress of the Broadcasting Bill.
The initial e-consultation period is brief for such a wide-ranging General Scheme and clearly RTEÌ will be making more detailed comments following the publication of the draft Broadcasting Bill. This document highlights the proposed Heads where specific issues arises, in some instances seeking clarification, in others offering comments and/or suggested amendments.
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By Alan Ruddock
Some months ago when Michael McDowell, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform first published his Privacy Bill, I wrote about the steady degradation of his political credibility. Little did I know how far it could slide.
The proposed privacy legislation, like so many of McDowell’s recent actions, runs counter to his better instincts and beliefs. It is a sop to the political demands of his senior partners in government, rather than a considered and intelligent piece of legislation. Elements within the Fianna Fail/Progressive Democrat cabinet were determined not to allow an overdue reform of the defamation laws to proceed without extracting two pounds of flesh from the media.
The first was the requirement for a statutory Press Council, which will exist at the whim of the minister of the day; and the second was statutory privacy laws. Since the proposals for the Press Council are intertwined with the new libel proposals, there is no wriggle room: unless the media owners accept his proposals, libel reform will not happen.
The new privacy bill, however, lives a separate life and may proceed even if libel reform does not happen.
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