IPSO Script

1. IPSO

2. • IPSO are a independent regulator for news
papers and magazines in the UK. They make
sure that all of the newspapers and magazines
in the UK follow the rules when it comes to
publishing articles and can fine up to £1million
in serious publishing cases

3. • The editors code of practice are rules set for
newspapers and magazines to follow. The
code is written and regulated by IPSO. There
are 16 rules that newspapers and magazines
have to follow

4. • Accuracy. The media have to make sure any content that is
published are accurate and aren’t misleading
• Privacy. The press have to makes sure they are respecting
the a persons privacy if they are in the topic they are
reporting about
• Harassment. Journalists have to make sure they are not
harming anyone when they are reporting
• Intrusion into grief or shock. Journalists have to be
sympathetic to any story that involves any personal grief or
shock
• Reporting suicide. When it comes to reporting suicide,
journalists have to make sure they don’t go into any explicit
detail

5. • Children. The press must not approach or photograph any children
when they are at school or be interviewed without an adult or
guardian with the child
• Children in sex cases. The press cannot reveal the child’s name
when it comes to this topic
• Hospitals. Journalists must identify themselves and receive
permission before entering any non-public are of the hospital
• Reporting crime. Journalists should have permission to identify any
family members or friends names when it comes tot hem
commenting on the story.
• Clandestine devices and subterfuge. The press cannot publish any
content from hidden cameras or clandestine listening devices

6. • Victims of sexual assault. The press must not identify victims of
sexual assault.
• Discrimination. The press must not be discriminative to any
individual when it comes to their race, sexual orientation, gender,
color, religion or disability
• Financial journalism. Journalists must not use their own profit
financial information they receive in advance of its general
publication, nor should they pass such information to others.
• Confidential sources. Journalists have a moral obligation to protect
confidential sources of information
• Witness payments in criminal trials. Journalists must not offer any
payments for witnesses
• Payments to criminals. Journalists must not offer payment for
stories, pictures or information to exploit an criminal

7. • The code doesn’t cover miscarriage of justice,
which means the press will not cover or have a
bias opinion of someone who was sentenced to a
crime they did not do
• The code also doesn’t cover taste and decency of
pictures or content. This means that the press can
publish whatever content and pictures they want,
even if it is indecent
• And the code also doesn’t cover protecting public
health and safety. Which means that the press
will not cover public health and safety.

8. • The phone hacking scandal broke the editors
code of practice because it evaded someone’s
privacy, it was a from of harassment and it
used clandestine devices. The phone hacking
scandal broke four rules in the editors code of
practice

9. • The first complaint was made on the OK!
magazine, where the person complained on a
breach on privacy on Prince George. It said that
the reporter invaded Prince George’s privacy by
taking photos of him when he was playing. IPSO
decided it was a valid, yet minor complaint and
told OK! to publish the story yet say that they
broke one of the rules. In my opinion I don’t think
the complaint was valid as Prince George was at a
public event, where loads of people saw him.

10. • The second complaint was made on the Sun,
where it was said that the article they published
was not accurate. The Sun apparently reported
inaccurate content on a criminal that went to
hospital. IPSO did decide that the Sun did breach
the rule, where the Sun had to remove the article
and re edit it to make it more accurate. I think
that the Sun did breach the rule as they did
publish inaccurate information, misinforming the
public.

11. • The third complaint was made on the Mirror,
where they harassed a person. Repeatedly
calling her and following her when she kept
saying to leave her alone. She said that the
journalist had intimidated and threatened her.
IPSO decided that the Mirror did breach the
code, and told the company to take down the
article. In my opinion this did break the code
as the journalist used intimidation and
harassment on a person.