The case against the News of the World has uncovered numerous amounts of information, allegations about some of the most powerful people in world media today. It seems however that the PM has decided to tighten up controls of controversial uncovering of interviews with newspaper editors and newspaper journalists.
Instead of allowing MPs to hold meetings with any paper, they must now publish quarterly reports of who they have held meetings with and who was present. Whilst this may be clear on paper, it maybe difficult to control in practice. The media circus in the UK has become far reaching than ever before and in light with continued demand for on-demand information, it is making it even more difficult to protect information escaping. Furthermore whilst meetings are being recorded, emails are a crucial tool in the exchange of information and may slip through the net, maybe escaping a untrained eye which may lead to more information being released about the Royal Family or the UK Government.
The whole scandal against the News of the World and News International has opened a whole can of worms, restricting newspaper editors to scheduled interviews is only going to create mere I say it 'boring news' as everyone shares the same front story, no under cover journalist will be able to arrange secret interviews with celebrities and politicians alike, broadsheets may even become more transparent with each other. On the other hand it won't stop newspapers such as the Sun publishing rumours about what might happen in the weeks and days to come.
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