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In the light of a number of recent high profile complaints about invasion of privacy, critically assess whether or not the UK press should continue to be self-regulating.
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In the light of a number of recent high profile complaints about invasion of privacy, critically assess whether or not the UK press should continue to be self-regulating. The immediacy of broadcast news meant that newspapers were defunct as first-hand news providers. Declining readership meant that competition was fierce as newspapers had to rethink their function. Emphasis shifted towards entertainment, especially in the tabloids, and the more salacious the story, the more readers. With new titles like the Daily Star in 1978 and the Sport/Sunday Sport in 1987 also vying for readers, journalists were forced to look for 'exclusives' often involving the private lives of celebrities, politicians - and where there was a good story - members of the public. The event that changed the publics view of the press once and for all, according to Brian McNair, was the coverage of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989. The Sun was "the...
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