Kevin Marsh, executive editor of the BBC's College of Journalism, on Lord Lester's draft bill to reform the law of libel:
The question I'd be asking if I weren't a journalist and up to my neck in self-interest is this: how can the law be changed to protect responsible journalists who have a regard for accuracy, truth, fairness and the genuine public interest without also enabling the worst practices in what is already the least trusted press in the world?
And the question I'm asking as a journalist is: how do we make sure the public's voice is heard as loud as the media's in what remains of this debate?
His full posting merits reading. You'll find it on the College of Journalism blog.
