If the Code is written by the industry and self-regulation, including the running of the PCC, is funded by the industry, how can the PCC be impartial?
Briefly, it is essential to the workings of self-regulation and to the power of adjudication that, if found against, the editor of a publication must admit publicly that the rules to which they have contributed and by which they have agreed to abide have been broken. Similarly, the fact that the industry funds the PCC ensures that not only is no financial burden placed upon the taxpayer or complainants, but that each newspaper group is committed to the ideal of self-regulation.
Related Questions
- If the Code is written by the industry and self-regulation, including the running of the PCC, is funded by the industry, how can the PCC be impartial?
- If the Code of Practice is written by editors and self regulation is funded by newspapers and magazines, how does the PCC remain independent?
- Isn a Code written by editors likely to bias the system of self-regulation in their favour?
