[BITList] Fwd: Leveson: Cameron wary of curbs to 'reckless press'

[M.j. Feltham]

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> Leveson: Cameron wary of law to curb 'reckless' press
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> Lord Justice Leveson has pronounced on the media. His report is three times the length of War and Peace, is in four volumes, and costs £250 at any good bookstore.
> His damning indictment of the written press in its excesses is matched by his praise for its capacity and its history of holding power to account. But he says its treatment of the McCanns and others is "outrageous" and that sections of the press are guilty of a reckless disregard for accuracy.
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> He advocates a truly independent regulator which is underpinned by law. And Leveson goes out of his way to absolve Mr Cameron of any improper relationship with the Murdoch empire.
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> Politicians have immediately fallen asunder over the recommendations: Mr Cameron has set his face against it; Mr Clegg has set his face in favour of it, and in that he is supported by most of the Labour party and a chunk of the Conservative party and of course the Lib Dems. 
> This has all the ingredients of a long-running and bitter smash-up in parliament.
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> Political Editor Gary Gibbon is working on the politics; Andy Davies is reporting the content of the report and Cathy Newman has been out and about assessing the details.
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