British government moves to adopt compulsory press regulation

Unthinkable here, one presumes. But the United Kingdom has no First Amendment, and a noisy lobby has been demanding press regulation to curb the periodic misconduct of the tabloids, made worse by what is perceived as the irresponsible and, well, unreliable (cf.: Rupert Murdoch) political stands and cultural practices of those papers. [Daily Telegraph and editorial (“unacceptable”), Andrew Gilligan (“Hacked Off is a campaign not just to tame the press, but to claim the country for the authoritarian Left.”) and followup]

More: “NO” [The Spectator]

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