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November 3, 2012 07:28 pm PDT
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Britain's free press cringes in anticipation of coming regulation; plutocrats and oligarchs celebrate
Writing in The Spectator, Kirsty Walker describes the chilling effect the UK's Leveson Inquiry (which is investigating illegal phone/email interception and systematic harassment by UK papers, especially tabloids) is having on legitimate reporting. The UK is already the best place in the world for rich and powerful people who want to use libel law to [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/mJTLtyQugxQ/britains-free-press-cringes.html
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