ownership and regulation

 emotive language in headlines

1. House prices collapse around the country

2.Football fans rush the pitch

3.Train seats destroyed by youths

4.Shortage of funds cripples schools

'Prime minister upholds his family values with his fling'

'PM PUTS FAMILY SECOND AND UPHOLDS FAMILY VALUES IN 'HUGE LAPSE OF JUDGEMENT'

The challenge was trying to uphold everyone's needs from the headline when creating it to make a headline that is widely agreed on.


Press freedom index

Press is to hold the powerful to account

PFI measures how much freedom the press has in a given country

In countries in high press freedom reporters will be able to hold powerful accountable

In countries with low press freedom reporters are punished for publishing against powerful

UK at 24 for press freedom

North Korea rated bottom

state controlled vs free press


The phone hacking scandal

The press of the world found hacking into peoples phones that convinced family, friends and police that Milly Dowler was still alive when she had been killed on the day of her disappearance.

There is a delicate balance between the need for the freedom of the press and regulating the press to make sure they don't go to far like the press of the world situation so it doesn't happen again.

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