Most of the press commentary is devoted to the relationship between newspapers and the government. Donald Trelford in The Independent argues that tomorrow's culture, media and sport select committee hearing on press ethics is largely pointless. Peter Wilby in The Guardian laments the passing of labour reporters, and all specialist journalists, pointing out that the government benefits from their loss.
Peter Cole in the Independent on Sunday contends that the government has got things upside down in relation to freedom of information. If it wants to save money just make more information freely available. And Peter Preston muses in The Observer on the distinctions between ethical codes for broadcasters and print seen through the prism of Ofcom's inquiry into Tony Blair's ITV interview in which he was asked whether he prayed over his decision to invade Iraq.
