Tuesday 13 November 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/nov/13/sun-journalists-fear-arrest-whistleblowers
A senior editor on the Sun has warned that journalists on the paper are now unwilling to launch certain public interest investigations because of a fear of being arrested.
Brian Flynn, the paper's investigations editor, said the effect of the arrest of 21 journalists on the paper over alleged payments or knowledge has already had a chilling effect.
Flynn said the paper turns its back on stories from whistle blowers .((is a person who tells the public or someone in authority about alleged dishonest or illegal activities))...who want payment,
even if they are exposing something in the public interest.
Flynn said that the Leveson inquiry had already had a significant effect on freedom of speech in the UK.
QUOTE: "So many decent journalists have been arrested under a 1906 act [The Prevention of Corruption Act] that was never applied to journalists before. It was so obscure that none of us had even read about it in our bible, McNae's Law for Journalists,"
OPINION :
Journalist now starting to have and feel the restrictions due to the Leveson enquiry and perhaps slowly but surely the freedom of speech may be diminished for jounalists.
It shows that now public intrests in the future may be neglected due to the fear of arrest and consequenses.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/nov/13/sun-journalists-fear-arrest-whistleblowers
A senior editor on the Sun has warned that journalists on the paper are now unwilling to launch certain public interest investigations because of a fear of being arrested.
Brian Flynn, the paper's investigations editor, said the effect of the arrest of 21 journalists on the paper over alleged payments or knowledge has already had a chilling effect.
Flynn said the paper turns its back on stories from whistle blowers .((is a person who tells the public or someone in authority about alleged dishonest or illegal activities))...who want payment,
even if they are exposing something in the public interest.
Flynn said that the Leveson inquiry had already had a significant effect on freedom of speech in the UK.QUOTE: "So many decent journalists have been arrested under a 1906 act [The Prevention of Corruption Act] that was never applied to journalists before. It was so obscure that none of us had even read about it in our bible, McNae's Law for Journalists,"
OPINION :
Journalist now starting to have and feel the restrictions due to the Leveson enquiry and perhaps slowly but surely the freedom of speech may be diminished for jounalists.
It shows that now public intrests in the future may be neglected due to the fear of arrest and consequenses.
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