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No Rational Case for Selling Off C4. It's Political Media Nortwww.medianorth.org.uk h CAMPAIGN FOR PRESS AND BROADCASTING FREEDOM (NORTH) l September 2021 l £1 No rational case for selling off C4. It’s political HAt’s behind the 2015, when, as culture secre- broadcasters and a home for Granville Williams Tory government tary, he last proposed it, his me- new ideas and alternative voic- plan to privatise on why Channel 4 dia special advisor was Carrie es; it has driven the spectacular Channel 4? It’s only is now a target Symonds, now married to the growth of UK independent pro- four years since a re- for Tory attack Prime Minister. Whittingdale duction and exports. It does all Wview by then Culture Secretary and the new Mrs Johnson are this with only 900 employees, Karen Bradley decided not to C4 privatisation also fits with said to be still in touch. 300 of whom will move to its privatise the channel. It stated, the Johnson project to under- C4 is a Conservative crea- new head office in Leeds, while “Channel 4’s public service remit mine institutions that can call tion, launched by Home Secre- others move to new creative and support for the independent him to account and limit his tary Willie Whitelaw in 1982, hubs in Bristol and Glasgow. production sector across the UK power. to offer competition to the BBC are vitally important – and we and ITV with a unique operat- No pretence have concluded that these are Pet project ing model as a publicly-owned The consultation document best served by keeping Channel Look at what’s going on with the but advertising-funded ‘publish- the government has produced 4 in public hands.” push to appoint former Daily er-broadcaster’. makes no pretence that it is So what’s changed? One Mail editor, Paul Dacre, a fero- For almost 40 years, at no conducting this consultation motive may be payback for C4’s cious critic of the BBC, C4 and cost to the taxpayer, it has with a completely open mind or perceived hostility to the Prime indeed of Ofcom itself, as Of- broadcast a wide range of uni- looking at a range of options to Minister. In August 2019, Dor- com’s new chair (see p6). versally available, free-to-air ensure C4’s long-term success: othy Byrne, C4’s then head of The privatisation project also programmes; provided compe- the only option it discusses is news, described him in a high- links in to the Tory’s wider ‘cul- tition to the other public service privatisation. profile speech as a ‘known liar’. ture war’, driven by Johnson’s Three months later, it re- senior advisors, Munira Mirza placed both him and the Brexit and Dougie Smith. According to This is urgent, so respond now Party leader Nigel Farage with one source ‘Dougie has Dowden The consultation closes on 14 September and we urge MediaNorth melting ice sculptures when on a string.’ readers to respond to it. There is a very useful briefing which they refused to appear in a cli- Privatising C4 has long the Media Reform Coalition has produced to help you do this at mate change debate with the been a pet project of the media www.mediareform.org.uk/blog/briefing-on-channel-4-privatisation other party leaders. minister John Whittingdale. In NICK JONES ON BREXIT ECONOMIC DAMAGE – PAGES 4 & 5 2 | MediaNorth | SEPTEMBER 2021 www.medianorth.org.uk Craig Murray supporters protesting outside the High Court in Edinburgh. By Tim Gopsill pieces, yet no-one else has been The way to two-tier media arraigned HE blogger Craig Murray One person has been jailed: is serving an eight-month a supporter of Salmond was prison sentence in Scot- Jail the bloggers. convicted for twice tweeting the land. It is a major miscar- names of some of the women in- riage of justice – and its volved. Lady Dorrian duly sent Timplications for independent Protect the press him down for six months. She journalism could be serious. said: “This was a blatant and The case arose from the trial order for anonymity during the writing as the applicant does deliberate breach of the order.” last year of former SNP leader trial. He didn’t because to do so are not.” In effect, independent Murray went to lengths to avoid Alex Salmond, who was acquit- “would not have been responsi- journalists like Murray must be identification, yet she gave him ted of all charges of sexual as- ble journalism”. judged more harshly, with more a longer sentence. sault against nine women. Mur- In her bizarrely vindictive leeway allowed for those in the This new legal doctrine, that ray, the former UK ambassador judgement, Lady Dorrian gave corporate media – as if they journalists in commercial me- to Uzbekistan who was sacked him no credit for this, because didn’t have enough already. dia should enjoy greater legal in 2004 for exposing UK complic- he did not say he did so to com- Leave aside her ignorance protection than independent ity in the use of the country’s ply with the IPSO Editors’ Code and prejudice towards the on- journalists, is also developing in torture chambers by the US’s of Practice. Clause 11 of the edi- line world; Lady Dorrian was a different context: the govern- post-9/11 extraordinary rendi- tors’ code says: “The press must making a groundbreaking dec- ment’s plans to counter ‘online tion programme, covered the not identify or publish material laration, that in her court the harms’, under which the com- trial on his blog. He carefully did likely to lead to the identifica- doctrine of equality before the mercial press will have total not identify any of the women tion of a victim of sexual assault law need not apply. immunity from the regulations complainers, yet has been jailed unless there is adequate justifi- applied by Ofcom to all other by Scotland’s Lord Justice Clerk, cation and they are legally free Establishment prejudice news websites. The way this has Lady Dorrian, at the High Court to do so.” Murray had no obligation to come about has been chronicled in Edinburgh, for contempt of The judge went on: “The ap- follow the Code since his blog in detail by MediaNorth writer court for the nebulous offence plicant describes himself as a could not be affiliated to IPSO Julian Petley. of ‘jigsaw identification’ – pub- ‘journalist in new media’. What- (though he did comply with its These plans arise from the lishing minor items of informa- ever that may involve, it is rel- intent). But the ‘mainstream same establishment prejudice tion that, combined with others, evant to distinguish his position press’ is not really ‘regulated’ towards the internet as Lady might lead to an identity. from that of the mainstream by IPSO; it explicitly enables Dorrian’s. The whole ‘fake news’ press, which is regulated, and media companies to escape the scare has been driven by the Vindictive judgement subject to codes of practice and regulation recommended by the right-wing press against its more No evidence was presented to ethics in a way in which those Leveson report in 2013. It is no- enterprising and cheaper online substantiate the charge; the toriously weak in the face of the rivals – as if there was nothing judge deduced it from reading abuse of its code by the press, ‘fake’ in the mainstream press. the blog. Murray is the first per- Lady Dorrian was which funds and completely If Craig Murray hadn’t been son in history to be imprisoned controls it. Her judgement, if it nobbled by a vindictive judge for the offence. making a declaration, has any logic at all, must have he and his like would in future In his defence he made the that the doctrine of been based on partial identifica- still be subjected to a harsher point that, had he wished to, he tions in other media to fit with regulatory regime than their could have safely published all equality before the Murray’s. Scottish coverage of rich and protected Big Media the names before she made an law need not apply the trial produced lots of jigsaw competitors. www.medianorth.org.uk SEPTEMBER 2021 | MediaNorth 3 Julian Petley identifies the dangers 123rf.com in Home Office security proposals A grave threat to journalism N May the Home Office existing distinctions between Furthermore, it is launched a consultation spying and leaking, and also also canvassing support for the against portentously titled Leg- between leakers/whistleblow- idea that no proof of damage her was islation to Counter State ers (those who, in the language should be required in prosecu- dropped Threats (Hostile State Ac- of the Act, make ‘primary dis- tions of those making ‘onward to stop evidence being revealed Itivity). Although its proposals closures’) and journalists who disclosures’, who, of course, are in court which would have been are presented simply as ‘com- make ‘onward disclosures’ as a most likely to be journalists. desperately embarrassing to mon sense’ measures aimed at result of the information thus However if the prosecution is the government. updating provisions to protect received. The document ar- not to be required to produce ac- The operative word here is national security, the ways in gues that as ‘both primary and tual proof of the damage which ‘embarrassing’ not ‘damaging’, which it proposes reform of the onward disclosures have the po- it is alleged has been committed but one very strongly suspects Official Secrets Act 1989 pose a tential to cause equal amounts by a disclosure, a judge and jury that the current government grave threat to journalists.
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