Right to reply (to press reports) bill
- Title
- Right to reply (to press reports) bill
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
- TX Date
- 3 Feb 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:03:39
- Description
- A bill to allow individuals the right to reply when wrongly reported by the press was debated in parliament but is unlikley to become law, Paul Rowley reports with speeches by the bill’s sponsor Tony Worthington; David Steel recalling how a team of journalists tried to dig up dirt on him in his home town; Anne Clwyd on sueing magazine Private Eye; Joe Ashton; Home Office minister Tim Renton.
- Contributors
- David Steel; Joe Ashton; Ann Clwyd; Paul Rowley; Tony Worthington; Timothy Renton
- Keywords
- Parliamentary bills; Journalism; Press; Libel; Mass media; Private Eye; Press Complaints Commission
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LBC/IRN, "Right to reply (to press reports) bill". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0001200366006 (Accessed 20 May 2025)