Way to go, Mother Country

Britain has a new way of making sure only the news that’s true finds its way to public reading.

“Hacked Off, the lobby group which has led the campaign for tighter regulation, said: ‘News publishers now have a great opportunity to join a scheme that will not only give the public better protection from press abuses but will also uphold freedom of expression, protect investigative journalism and benefit papers financially.

“’The press should seize the chance to show the public they do not fear being held to decent ethical standards, and that they are proud to be accountable to the people they write for and about.’"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24746137

Found at www.worldaffairsjournal.org

(There’s nothing like a government-approved board to uphold freedom of expression and protect investigative journalism. Newspapers not volunteering for tighter regulation are not bound by the board’s findings. Yeah.)