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	Press Complaints Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The pre-cursor to the PCC was the Press Council, a voluntary press organisation founded in 1953 with the aim of maintaining high standards of ethics in journalism.
		The first high-profile case handled by the PCC was brought by HRH The Duke of York who claimed that the press were invading the privacy of his small children.
		Around 30 of the cases were adjudicated by the Commission before being resolved as the complainants were initially not satisfied by the action recommended by the Commission.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Press_Complaints_Commission (732 words)

	PCC - 1995 Annual Report
		Complaints which raise possible breaches of the Code are forwarded immediately to the editor of the publication concerned with a request that the complaint be investigated and resolved within a few days.
		Of the complaints investigated by the PCC in 1995, 413 were either resolved directly with the publication concerned as a result of the Commission's intervention or not pursued by the complainant.
		The Commission is especially vigilant in cases involving intrusion into privacy, and brings instances of severe or calculated breach of the Code to the attention of publishers in order that the need for appropriate disciplinary action may be considered.
	www.presscouncil.org.au /pcsite/apcnews/may96/pcc.html (825 words)

	LankaWeb News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The commission in a letter dated November 21, written to one of the two complainants, Bodipala Wijesinghe said, the commission examined the complaint October 31 and ordered the Sunday Times of London to publish the commissions adjudication against the newspaper in full with due prominence.
		The complaints were concerned about the reporting of aspects of Sri Lanka's history: that the date and circumstances of the emergence of the Tamil Tigers (or LTTE) - and the number who had been killed by the same since 1983 - were inaccurate, and that their methods had been inaccurately and misleadingly reported.
		Indeed, the commission noted that a number of readers' letters had been published in support of the articles and it considered that the opportunity could have been taken at an early stage to resolve the matter by publication of material addressing the inaccuracies.
	www.lankaweb.com /news/items01/241101-1.html (753 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The new Press Complaints Commission is the first of its kind in the developing countries and only the second in the world after Britain.
		In a statement, the Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission Ranjith Wijewardene announced the launch of the dispute resolution Council by the three main arteries of the print-media, the publishers, editors and journalists who had already incorporated a self-regulatory Press Complaints Commission.
		The Press representatives of the Council of the PCC consists of Dion Schoorman, Reuters(Sri Lanka) Ltd, G. Perera Former Editor-Dinamina, P. Balasingham, Associate Editor-Daily News, Ms Mallika Wanigasundara, Free-lance journalist and Siri Ranasinghe, Editor-Lankadeepa.
	www.dailynews.lk /2003/10/16/new11.html (544 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Press Complaints Commission
		As of 2004, the chairman of the Commission is Sir Christopher Meyer.
		There are no consumer rights people on the PCC and that is a major failing." The PressWise Trust, a charitable organisation set up to help people in their dealings with the press says that the self-regulation system has proved to help the rich but not the poor.
		The Press Complaints Commission is charged with enforcing the following Code of Practice which was framed by the newspaper and periodical industry and was ratified by the PCC on 28 April 2004.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Press-Complaints-Commission (914 words)

	Press Complaints Commission Adjudication (980513) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Commission's only job was to assess if the Code had been breached and the nature of any possible resolution of the complaint.
		In exploring ways of resolving the matter the Commission noted that the salient part of the complaint related to an allegation that the newspaper had misleadingly reported the contents of the summary of the study.
		The Commission, in examining the entire coverage of the report, therefore considered that the substance of the complaint by ASH had been resolved.
	www.ash.org.uk /html/passive/html/append9.html (590 words)

	mass media: Press Complaints Commission
		Despite the claimed success of the Commission, Lord Wakeham continued to warn as late as April 1995 that privacy legislation was still on the agenda and he urged newspapers to avoid destroying the excellent work of the PCC by 'a crisis of our own making'.
		Commenting on press reports on Foreign Secretary Robin Cook's affair with his secretary, Labour's Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine, suggested in the early days of the New Labour Administration that there should be formalized protection of privacy with the PCC given effective powers and remedies.
		Complaints are normally accepted only within one month of the publication of the subject of the complaint.
	www.cultsock.ndirect.co.uk /MUHome/cshtml/media/pccdet.html (2955 words)

	News council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Complaints against British newspapers and magazines are heard by the Press Complaints Commission, which is funded by a levy on all newspapers and magazines.
		Advocates of news councils often point to the Minnesota News Council, which was started by the Minnesota Newspaper Association and inspired by a predecessor to Britain's Press Complaints Commission.
		The Minnesota News Council has been hearing complaints since 1971, using a panel made up of half people from news organizations and half from the public.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/News_council (297 words)

	Press Complaints Commission - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Press Complaints Commission
		Non-statutory UK body formed in 1991 to replace the former Press Council and oversee the effective self-regulation of the press.
		Its role is to promote a code of practice (rules guiding behaviour) for newspaper and magazine editors and to deal with readers' complaints.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Press%20Complaints%20Commission (124 words)

	PCC Book Review
		Richard Shannon, A Press Free and Responsible: Self-Regulation and the Press Complaints Commission 1991-2001.
		As a result of these complaints, the PCC arrived at a rule of thumb: if a celebrity puts their private lives into the public domain, then they shouldn't 'grumble if the press pursues your particular publicity angle on yourself'.
		A free press needs to be a responsible press and a responsible press needs some guarantee of freedom to inform the public on matters of public interest.
	www.presscouncil.org.au /pcsite/apcnews/feb02/pcc.html (1256 words)

	The Press Complaints Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		But during the 1980s the Parliament claimed that the Press Council, which had lost the confidence of some in the press, was not a sufficiently effective body.
		The Press Council was to be abolished and replaced by a legal regime to govern an unruly press.
		The press industry reacted with great speed and co-operation to the threat by the recommendations of the Calcutt Committee: It formed the new PCC in 1991.
	www.jmk.su.se /global03/project/ethics/uk/uk1.htm (254 words)

	How far are the articles of the Press Complaints Commission's code of practice backed up by the law and therefore ...
		The Press Complaints Commission is an independent body, which deals with complaints from the general public about the editorial content of newspapers and magazines.
		In 2000, 2,225 complaints were investigated by the PCC, of which 6 out of 10 complaints were about the accuracy in reporting and about one in eight were related to invasion of privacy.
		The Code, drawn up by editors themselves and ratified by the Press Complaints Commission, covers the ways in which news is gathered and reported, also providing special protection for vulnerable groups such as children and hospital patients.
	www.coursework.info /_L45665.html (363 words)

	Regret the Error: Sunday Times publishes Press Complaints Commission's adjudication (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is the Press Complaints Commission's adjudication of a complaint made against the paper by writer David Yallop.
		Adjudication: the commission considered that the wording of the correction adequately addressed the significant points of contention and was therefore sufficient under the terms of the code.
		Publishing a correction which had not been agreed with the complainant, despite a request from the commission not to do so, was neither within the spirit of the system of self-regulation nor within the letter of the code of practice, which requires editors to co-operate with the PCC in the resolution of complaints.
	www.regrettheerror.com /2005/10/sunday_times_pu.html (605 words)

	ASNE - Complaints and credibility in the U.K.
		The commission received the complaint, sought the newspaperâs response and ruled in favor of the school.
		The Press Complaints Commission was born in 1991 in conditions with some parallels to those in the US a decade later.
		In addition, the commission itself publishes annual summaries of its work and its findings, which are available both on paper and on the commissionâs Web site, http://www.pcc.co.uk.
	www.asne.org /index.cfm?ID=4282 (1234 words)

	Media, Press Complaints and Discrimination (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Press Complaints Commission is charged with enforcing the following Code of Practice which was framed by the newspaper and periodical industry and ratified by the Press Complaints Commission, 1st December 1999.
		It is the responsibility of editors to co-operate with the PCC as swiftly as possible in the resolution of complaints.
		The press must not, even where the law does not prohibit it, identify children under the age of 16 who are involved in cases concerning sexual offences, whether as victims or as witnesses.
	www.gypsy-traveller.org /media/mediaindex.htm (3078 words)

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		UK press watchdog backs writer who won't read Jewish mail By Sharon Sadeh sadeh@haaretz.co.il August 2003 The British Press Complaints Commission last week justified an Observer newspaper columnist who announced in his column that he does not intend to read pro-Israel letters if they are signed by people with Jewish names.
		According to the complaints commission, the position taken by the columnist, Richard Ingrams, is legitimate.
		But the Press Complaints Commission said it reached the conclusion the article was not a breach of journalistic ethics.
	www.jr.co.il /articles/jewish-mail.txt (746 words)

	Dr LAURENCE RAW, "Media Ethics and Media Regulation in Britain"
		The Press Complaints Commission is an independent organisation set up in 1991 to ensure that British newspapers and magazines follow the letter and spirit of an ethical Code of Practice dealing with issues such as inaccuracy, privacy, misrepresentation and harassment.
		Its role is similar to that of the Press Complaints Commission, in that it functions as a forum for public concerns relating to the portrayal of sex and violence and matters of taste and decency in television and radio programmes, as well as unjust and unfair treatment and unwarranted infringement of privacy by broadcasters.
		Both conglomeration and internationalisation and cross-ownership are perceived as greater threats to press freedom than state regulation, as power becomes concentrated in the hands of a few newspaper proprietors.
	members.tripod.com /~warlight/RAW.html (3168 words)

	Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The PCC is a legal entity that has been established under the Companies Act, and will have an 11-member council, independent of the three media organisations, that will engage in Dispute Resolution between the public and the press.
		This council of the PCC will also be responsible for the implementation and interpretation of the Code of Professional Practice (Code of Ethics) of the Editors' Guild and adopted by the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI), the umbrella body of the three media organisations.
		The council of the PCC will be engaged in conciliation, mediation or arbitration between the public and the press and it will be empowered to enforce its decisions through courts under provisions of the Arbitration Act in the event of non-compliance by the press.
	www.sundayobserver.lk /2003/02/23/new17.html (310 words)

	Press Complaints Give OK to Censors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		I am sorry that the Commission has found no indication of bias or inaccuracy in its extensive study of the liberal newspapers and their coverage of the war, which I reported to you.
		I therefore ask your Commission members to reconsider their findings on the earlier lack of coverage for the very reasons illustrated by this recent article.
		Our free and fair press (which formed the basis of the democratic rights, which Bomber Blair said he was going to war about) cannot be fair weather reporters only.
	www.labournet.net /balkans/9906/press3.html (480 words)

	The Prince of Wales - The Media and the Young Princes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The PCC chairman was speaking in the Fleet Street area which was until recent years the traditional home of national newspapers in London.
		St James's Palace made complaints against two newspapers, under clause 6 (i) of the industry's Code of Practice, which states: "Young people should be free to complete their time at school without unnecessary intrusion".
		At the time of the issue of the new 1999 guidelines, St James's Palace confirmed that their publication resolved its complaints, and the Commission was not therefore required to adjudicate on them.
	www.princeofwales.gov.uk /princes/princes_media.html (1214 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		All valid complaints will be inquired into by the Council of the PCC either by way of conciliation, mediation or arbitration under the Arbitration Act No. 11 of 1995.
		The Council of the PCC is committed to provide a speedy and cost effective resolution of complaints against the press by the public.
		The Press Complaints Commission is a self-regulatory mechanism and is incorporated under the Companies Act of Sri Lanka.
	www.dailynews.lk /2003/10/11/new21.html (492 words)

	BBC - Action Network - - A2494325 - How to make a complaint about the press
		The Press Complaints Commission is the body that oversees this code.
		Complaints to the commission are free but in general you can only complain about your own treatment by the press.
		It is possible that you have a valid complaint but that the commission cannot help you because of the nature of your problem.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/actionnetwork/A2494325 (1311 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Politics \| Special Reports \| Media: Press complaints
		The PCC can receive complaints by email, providing they are followed by a hard copy within seven days, together with a copy of the article about which you are complaining.
		The PCC is a non-statutory self-regulatory body financed by a levy on the industry.
		The vast majority of complaints to the PCC are resolved through the publication of corrections or apologies.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /mpsurgery/story/0,9061,468339,00.html (886 words)

	Roger Gale MP - Press Release
		The Press Complaints Commission 'Guidelines Committee' meeting this week under the Chairmanship of the Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Mail, Sir David English, can therefore be relied upon to do the absolute minimum to respond to the wave of public revulsion at the antics of the Press following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
		This should replace the self-serving Press Complaints Commission that is funded by the Press and has failed to 'self-regulate' those tabloid editors that are aware that it has no sanctions.
		But I also believe that a free press must be a responsible press and that individuals, in any walk of life, (the grieving and bereaved family of a fireman or a policeman killed on duty are as entitled to privacy as a duke or duchess) have a right to be left in peace.
	www.greyolltwit.com /gale.html (984 words)

	Press Releases - National Newspapers of Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In recognition of the need for reciprocity, NNI also announced its commitment to the establishment of an independent body for press complaints to which the ordinary citizen can go if he or she has a complaint about a newspaper article.
		Our experience at the Press Complaints Commission is that most complainants are ordinary folk: some 90% of the 3,000 complaints we receive most years are from those who are not in the public eye and who would never seek to take on a newspaper in Court.
		NNI has commissioned two independent experts (see biographical note) - Professor Kevin Boyle of Essex University and Ms Marie McGonagle of NUI Galway - to prepare a proposal on what an appropriate system of press complaints for Ireland would be and how it would operate.
	www.nni.ie /presrel5.htm (1047 words)

	Editors urged to act swiftly on complaints - Press Gazette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Press Complaints Commission has given editors a sharp reminder about their responsibilities to readers and to the commission when complaints arrive on their desks.
		The PCC expects editors to tell complainants about the commission's existence if they cannot resolve their complaints directly and encourages editors to carry regular slots in their papers advertising the PCC's existence.
		While people have two months from publication of articles to lodge a PCC complaint, editors should be aware that the commission was likely to be flexible with this limit if the complainant had not been informed of its existence.
	www.pressgazette.co.uk /?t=article&l=editors_urged_to (247 words)

	Enron: John Wakeham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Unsurprisingly, the commission came to the conclusion that the new Lords must not be elected, and instead should be made up of appointments of the right kind of people.
		The PCC's 10th birthday party this year was a quiet testament to Lord Wakeham's success in treading a difficult line between freedom of speech and the need to curb the excesses of over-zealous reporters.
		On 8 February 1999 the Royal Commission, chaired by Lord Wakeham, was appointed to consider the role and functions of the second chamber and the method or combination of methods of composition.
	www.apfn.org /enron/wakeham.htm (1876 words)

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