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AN INQUIRY INTO THE CULTURE, PRACTICES AND ETHICS OF THE PRESS
Contents
PART I: THE PRESS AND POLITICIANS
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Conservative years
1. Prime Minister Thatcher: 1979-1990
2. Prime Minister Major: 1990-1997
Chapter 3: New Labour
1. The 1992 general election
2. The 1997 general election
3. Prime Minister Blair: 1997-2007
4. Prime Minister Brown: 2007-2010
5. Political news management
Chapter 4: The Conservative revival and the coalition
1. Introduction and background
2. Mr Cameron’s relations with the press whilst Leader of the Opposition
3. Prime Minister Cameron: 2010-present
4. Reflections
Chapter 5: Media policy: examples from recent history
1. Purchase of The Times and The Sunday Times
2. Response to the reports of Sir David Calcutt QC
3. Human Rights Act 1998
4. Data Protection Act 1998
5. Communications Act 2003
Chapter 6: media policy: The BSkyB bid
1. Introduction
2. The plurality test and quasi-judicial procedure
3. June 2010 – December 2010: The Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable MP and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
4. 21 December 2010: Dr Cable’s comments and the transfer of function
5. December 2010 – July 2011: The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
6. News Corp and the Rt Hon Alex Salmond MSP
Chapter 7: Further political perspectives on relationships with the press
1. Introduction
2. The Deputy Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP
3. The Leader of the Opposition, the Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP
4. The First Minister of Scotland, the Rt Hon Alex Salmond MSP
5. The Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP
6. The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
7. The Rt Hon George Osborne MP
Chapter 8: Conclusions and recommendations
1. Introduction
2. The proprietors
3. ‘Too close’ a relationship
4. Existing regulatory framework
5. Recommendations for future relations between politicians and the press
Chapter 9: Plurality and media ownership: conclusions and recommendations
1. Introduction
2. Scope
3. Measuring plurality
4. Limits and remedies
5. What should trigger a review?
6. Who should be responsible for the decisions?
Leveson (As It Should Be) by
Robert Sharp