Media: Press Sustainability
Lord Razzall Excerpts(6 years, 8 months ago)
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Lord Keen of Elie
My Lords, we fully recognise and accept the importance of such developments and, indeed, it is one means by which we can address the insidious development of fake news.
Lord Razzall (LD)
I am sure that the noble and learned Lord is aware that it is five years since Parliament endorsed the Leveson royal charter. It is some progress to have the sustainability review, but is he confident that press regulation is really working?
Sky and 21st Century Fox: Proposed Merger
Lord Razzall Excerpts(7 years, 8 months ago)
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Lord Keen of Elie
I am obliged to the noble Lord. I do not understand that the commitment to broadcasting standards is limited simply to television and radio in that sense, but I will take further advice on that point and, if I am wrong, I will write to him and place a letter in the Library.
Lord Razzall (LD)
I wonder whether, when the Secretary of State considers this, the noble and learned Lord will ensure that she takes into account the remark that Mr Murdoch made to your Lordships’ Communications Committee some years ago when it visited New York and he gave evidence to it, when he said that he was very puzzled why Sky News could not be like Fox News.
Lord Keen of Elie
I am not aware of the remark, but no doubt it can properly be brought to the attention of the Secretary of State.