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Editors' Code of Practice Clause 1 - ✔✔Accuracy
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 1 (i) - ✔✔The Press must take care not to
publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information or images, including
headlines not supported by the text.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 1 ii) - ✔✔A significant inaccuracy,
misleading statement or distortion must be corrected, promptly and with
due prominence, and — where appropriate — an apology published. In
cases involving IPSO, due prominence should be as required by the
regulator.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 1 iii) - ✔✔A fair opportunity to reply to
significant inaccuracies should be given, when reasonably called for.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 1 iv) - ✔✔The Press, while free to
editorialise and campaign, must distinguish clearly between comment,
conjecture and fact.
,Editors' Code of Practice Clause 1 v) - ✔✔A publication must report fairly
and accurately the outcome of an action for defamation to which it has
been a party, unless an agreed settlement states otherwise, or an agreed
statement is published.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 2 - ✔✔*Privacy
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 2 i) - ✔✔Everyone is entitled to respect
for his or her private and family life, home, health and correspondence,
including digital communications.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 2 ii) - ✔✔Editors will be expected to
justify intrusions into any individual's private life without consent. In
considering an individual's reasonable expectation of privacy, account will
be taken of the complainant's own public disclosures of information and the
extent to which the material complained about is already in the public
domain or will become so.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 2 iii) - ✔✔It is unacceptable to
photograph individuals, without their consent, in public or private places
where there is a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 3 - ✔✔*Harassment
,Editors' Code of Practice Clause 3 i) - ✔✔Journalists must not engage in
intimidation, harassment or persistent pursuit.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 3 ii) - ✔✔They must not persist in
questioning, telephoning, pursuing or photographing individuals once asked
to desist; nor remain on property when asked to leave and must not follow
them. If requested, they must identify themselves and whom they
represent.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 3 iii) - ✔✔Editors must ensure these
principles are observed by those working for them and take care not to use
non-compliant material from other sources.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 4 - ✔✔Intrusion into grief or shock
Must be made with sympathy and discretion and publication handled
sensitively. These provisions should not restrict the right to report legal
proceedings.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 5 - ✔✔*Reporting suicide
Care should be taken to avoid excessive detail of the method used, while
taking into account the media's right to report legal proceedings.
, Editors' Code of Practice Clause 6 - ✔✔*Children
An exceptional public interest would need to be demonstrated to over-ride
the normally paramount interests of children under 16.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 6 i) - ✔✔All pupils should be free to
complete their time at school without unnecessary intrusion.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 6 ii) - ✔✔They must not be approached
or photographed at school without permission of the school authorities.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 6 iii) - ✔✔Children under 16 must not be
interviewed or photographed on issues involving their own or another
child's welfare unless a custodial parent or similarly responsible adult
consents.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 6 iv) - ✔✔Children under 16 must not be
paid for material involving their welfare, nor parents or guardians for
material about their children or wards, unless it is clearly in the child's
interest.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 6 v) - ✔✔Editors must not use the fame,
notoriety or position of a parent or guardian as sole justification for
publishing details of a child's private life.
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Editors' Code of Practice Clause 1 - ✔✔Accuracy
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 1 (i) - ✔✔The Press must take care not to
publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information or images, including
headlines not supported by the text.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 1 ii) - ✔✔A significant inaccuracy,
misleading statement or distortion must be corrected, promptly and with
due prominence, and — where appropriate — an apology published. In
cases involving IPSO, due prominence should be as required by the
regulator.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 1 iii) - ✔✔A fair opportunity to reply to
significant inaccuracies should be given, when reasonably called for.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 1 iv) - ✔✔The Press, while free to
editorialise and campaign, must distinguish clearly between comment,
conjecture and fact.
,Editors' Code of Practice Clause 1 v) - ✔✔A publication must report fairly
and accurately the outcome of an action for defamation to which it has
been a party, unless an agreed settlement states otherwise, or an agreed
statement is published.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 2 - ✔✔*Privacy
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 2 i) - ✔✔Everyone is entitled to respect
for his or her private and family life, home, health and correspondence,
including digital communications.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 2 ii) - ✔✔Editors will be expected to
justify intrusions into any individual's private life without consent. In
considering an individual's reasonable expectation of privacy, account will
be taken of the complainant's own public disclosures of information and the
extent to which the material complained about is already in the public
domain or will become so.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 2 iii) - ✔✔It is unacceptable to
photograph individuals, without their consent, in public or private places
where there is a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 3 - ✔✔*Harassment
,Editors' Code of Practice Clause 3 i) - ✔✔Journalists must not engage in
intimidation, harassment or persistent pursuit.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 3 ii) - ✔✔They must not persist in
questioning, telephoning, pursuing or photographing individuals once asked
to desist; nor remain on property when asked to leave and must not follow
them. If requested, they must identify themselves and whom they
represent.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 3 iii) - ✔✔Editors must ensure these
principles are observed by those working for them and take care not to use
non-compliant material from other sources.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 4 - ✔✔Intrusion into grief or shock
Must be made with sympathy and discretion and publication handled
sensitively. These provisions should not restrict the right to report legal
proceedings.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 5 - ✔✔*Reporting suicide
Care should be taken to avoid excessive detail of the method used, while
taking into account the media's right to report legal proceedings.
, Editors' Code of Practice Clause 6 - ✔✔*Children
An exceptional public interest would need to be demonstrated to over-ride
the normally paramount interests of children under 16.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 6 i) - ✔✔All pupils should be free to
complete their time at school without unnecessary intrusion.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 6 ii) - ✔✔They must not be approached
or photographed at school without permission of the school authorities.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 6 iii) - ✔✔Children under 16 must not be
interviewed or photographed on issues involving their own or another
child's welfare unless a custodial parent or similarly responsible adult
consents.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 6 iv) - ✔✔Children under 16 must not be
paid for material involving their welfare, nor parents or guardians for
material about their children or wards, unless it is clearly in the child's
interest.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 6 v) - ✔✔Editors must not use the fame,
notoriety or position of a parent or guardian as sole justification for
publishing details of a child's private life.
