Comments on: Regional editors to give evidence to Leveson inquiry

By: sportsfan

sportsfan — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:56:25 +0000

Wonder if the inquiry will ask why so much bilge is run on the national sports pages. A good deal of it (eg transfer moves, new managers, even line-ups) is pure fiction, written to satisfy the moronic football element who will believe anything they read. Why can’t sports hacks write to the same standards of accuracy as news reporters? They could learn a lot from regional press.

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By: Parvenu

Parvenu — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:21:40 +0000

Who knows? Some of them might be weekly editors before the year is done.

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By: Oh Captain, my Captain.

Oh Captain, my Captain. — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:37:43 +0000

I hope Leveson does recognise that the regional press is a very different animal ot the nats and it’s good to see these ed’s given a voice.
However, House Rules is right. Where are the weekly editors?
A big city daily is a different beast to the small town weekly.

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By: House Rules

House Rules — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:29:52 +0000

While they are all good papers, they are at the bigger end of the local journalism spectrum.

An editor or two from weeklies from smaller towns would have been able to show something a little different.

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By: Blustringer

Blustringer — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:01:42 +0000

Great, but does anyone really think this inquiry is listening any more?It’s already a done deal.
Statuatory regulation is on its way and we’ll soon have a muzzled press in the UK much to the relief of sleazy celebrities and hooky politicians everywhere.

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