PCC & IPSO, what they were, inquires which were made during their time of governing and the Leveson's Inquiry

1. PCC & IPSOPress Complaints Commission & Independent Press Standards Organisations
Hamza Hanif

2. Press Complaints Commission
The PCC was a self regulated council, they were first
established in 1953 and then was shutdown and turned into
IPSO. They aimed to maintain high ethical standards of
journalism and to promote press freedom.
During the 1980’s, a few publications failed in the view of a
lot of people to observe basic ethics or journalism. This
lead to David Calcutt to consider the measures which are
needed to protect any individual against privacy and
improve the recourse against the press for any citizen.

3. David Calcutt’s Report
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachm
ent_data/file/271963/2135.pdf
David Calcutt’s report was published in June 1990, Instead of
suggesting new control, he recommended setting up of a new
press complaints commission in place of the press council. This
new commission would have 18 months to demonstrate that “
non-statuary self-regulation can be made to work effectively, if it
fails we must recommend that a statutory system for handling
complaints should be introduced.”

4. Independent Press
Standards Organisations
• The Independent Press Standards Organisations was
established on 8th September 2014 following the windup of the
PCC, the IPSO was put in place because the PCC received
harsh and very important criticism for the lack of action take
during the News International Phone hacking scandal, which
included the prime minsters and some members of parliament.
The MP’s and the Prime ministers called for the organisation
to be replaced with a new system in July 2011. This leas to the
Leveson Inquiry was set up and in late 2012 it was published
and recommended that it was to be replaced with a new
independent body.

5. Leveson Inquiry
• The Leveson Inquiry is Judicial public inquiry into the
practices and ethics of the British Press, this was an
inquiry which quickly followed the News International
Phone hacking Scandal. This inquiry reviews the general
culture and ethics of the British Media and it was
recommended that a new governing body was put in
place to replace the existing body Press Complaints
Commission.
• In July 2011 David Cameron announced that the
Leveson’s inquiry would not only effect the newspapers
but would effect broadcasters and social media