APPENDIX IX
RESULTS TAKEN FROM PROFESSOR DAVID MORRISON'S
RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS VOLUME I
THE RIGHT
TO PRIVACY
Television news and documentaries often feature
different kinds of people. Which of these best describes your
view of how much say they should have in how they might be shown
in a TV programme?
("Don't knows" not shown)
| Full rights—Options—No rights
| | | |
| |
| A
(%) | B
(%)
| C
(%) | D
(%) |
E
(%) | F
(%) |
| A child | 54 | 19
| 10 | 6 | 3 |
3 |
| A patient with Alzheimer's disease | 54
| 20 | 12 | 4 |
3 | 2 |
| A parent of a murder victim | 54
| 24 | 13 | 4 |
3 | 2 |
| A person with a severe disability | 49
| 23 | 14 | 6 |
3 | 2 |
| A witness to a crime | 48 |
28 | 11 | 6 | 3
| 2 |
| A victim of crime | 47 | 26
| 12 | 5 | 4 |
4 |
| A lottery winner | 46 | 31
| 10 | 5 | 4 |
3 |
A member of the Royal Family |
16 | 19 | 22 | 22
| 12 | 6 |
| A schoolteacher | 13 | 24
| 17 | 20 | 17 |
5 |
| A senior policeman | 11 | 18
| 15 | 23 | 21 |
9 |
| A senior civil servant | 10 |
15 | 16 | 27 | 21
| 7 |
| A businessman | 9 | 17
| 21 | 28 | 17 |
4 |
| A film star | 8 | 13
| 21 | 21 | 10 |
3 |
| A religious leader | 8 | 12
| 18 | 23 | 21 |
11 |
| A politician | 6 | 10
| 14 | 28 | 29 |
11 |
| A shoplifter | 4 | 8
| 9 | 24 | 26 |
25 |
| A drug dealer | 3 | 3
| 5 | 9 | 20 |
57 |
| A rapist | 3 | 3
| 3 | 8 | 19 |
60 |
APPENDIX X
MORI SURVEY
PERCEPTIONS OF
THE PRESS
COMPLAINTS COMMISSION
30 JANUARY 2003 MARKED-UP
QUESTIONNAIRE
— MORI interviewed a nationally representative quota
sample of 2,058 adults aged 15+ in Great Britain, in 199 sampling
points, between 23 and 27 January 2003.
— Data were weighted to match known population profile.
Where figures do not sum to 100%, this may be due to computer
rounding or multiple codes.
— * represents a figure of greater than zero, but
less than 0.5%.
Base: All (2,058)
Q1. SHOWCARD Thinking about articles in newspapers or
magazines and programmes on radio or television, have you ever
had cause to register an official complaint about an article or
programme that related to you personally—that is an article
or programme mentioning you? Which others?
| % |
| No | 93 |
| Yes—newspaper article | 3
|
| Yes—TV programme | 2 |
| Yes—magazine article | 1
|
| Yes—radio programme | 1
|
| Don't know | 1 |
Base: All (2,058)
Q2. SHOWCARD Now I would now like to ask your opinion
about some specific organisations.
I am going to read out the names of some organisations. You
probably know some better than others. Using the categories on
this card, I would like you to tell me how well you feel you know
each organisation. In making your choice, take into account any
of the ways you have learned or heard about the organisation.
|
Know
very
well
|
Know
a fair
amount
|
Know
just a
little
| Heard of/
know almost
nothing
about
|
Never
heard of
|
| % | %
| % | % | %
|
| ICTSTIS—The Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services
| * | 2 | 7 |
13 | 77 |
| The Press Complaints Commission | 3
| 11 | 33 | 33 |
20 |
| The Radio Authority | 1 | 4
| 19 | 30 | 46 |
| The Broadcasting Standards Commission | 3
| 13 | 37 | 33 |
14 |
Q3. SHOWCARD Which, if any, of the following characteristics
on this card do you think are the two or three most important
for an organisation dealing with complaints about the media?
| % |
| Quick resolution to complaints | 52
|
| Free of charge to use | 40 |
| Independently run | 34 |
| Helful guidance and advice from staff | 34
|
| Friendliness of people dealing with your complaint
| 29 |
| Availability of suitable information about making a complaint
| 21 |
| Assistance in writing your complaint | 10
|
| None of the above | 2 |
| Don't know | 9 |
Base: All who have heard of the Press Complaints Commission
(1,658)
Q4. The Press Complaints Commission deals with complaints
from members of the public about the editorial content of newspapers
and magazines.
Do you think that the service offered by the Press Complaints
Commission is available free of charge or that a charge is made
to register a complaint?
| % |
| Free of charge | 69 |
| Charge is made | 9 |
| Don't know | 23 |
Base: All (2,058)
Q5. SHOWCARD Who do you think should fund the Press Complaints
Commission? Who else?
| % |
| The newspapers and magazines themselves |
64 |
| Taxpayers | 12 |
| The people making complaints | 7
|
| Other | 3 |
| No preference | 9 |
| Don't know | 9 |
APPENDIX XIX
CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION
Professor Robert Pinker (Acting Chairman) 1991-
Professor of Social Administration, London School of Economics
Matti Alderson 2002-
Former Director General, Advertising Standards Authority
Arzina Bhanji 1996-2001 and 2002-
Dental Surgeon
Former Director, Royal Hospitals NHS Trust
Professor the Lord Chan 2002-
Visiting Professor, Liverpool University
Chair, Chinese in Britain
Paediatrician: Director, NHS Ethnic Health Unit 1994-97
Member, Home Secretary's Standing Advisory Cuncil on Race Relations
1986-90
Commissioner, Commission for Racial Equality 1990-95
Edmund Curran 2002-
Editor, Belfast Advertiser
Paul Dacre 1999-
Editor-in-Chief, Associated Newspapers
Editor, The Daily Mail
Mary Francis 2001-
Director General, Association of British Insurers
Dr Arthur Hearnden 1999-
General Secretary, Independent Schools Council 1985-97
Chairman, Worldwide Volunteering for Young People 1995-2000
Vivien Hepworth 2001-
Chairman, Surrey and Sussex Health NHS Trust
Paul Horrocks 2002-
Editor, Manchester Evening News
David Pollington 2002-
Editor, The Sunday Post
The Right Rev John Waine 1997-
Chairman of the University of Essex Foundation
Bishop of Chelmsford 1986-96
Clerk of the Closet to the Queen 1989-96
Neil Wallis 2000-
Deputy Editor, The News of the World
Former Editor, The People
Two new editorial appointments to the Commission will be made
shortly.
APPENDIX XX
FORMER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION
Lord McGregor of Durris (Founding Chairman) 1991-94
Chairman, Royal Commission on the Press 1975-77
President, National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux 1981-86
Chairman, Advertising Standards Agency 1980-90
Chairman, The Reuter Trustees 1987
William Anderson 1991-92
Managing Editor, The Sunday Post
Lady Elizabeth Cavendish 1991-95
Former Chairman, Inner London Juvenile Courts
Former member, Advertising Standards Agency
Patsy Chapman 1991-93
Editor, News of the World
David Chipp 1991-93
Independent Director, The Observer
Director, TV-am News
Former editor-in-chief, Press Association
Michael Clayton 1991-93
Editor, Horse and Hound
The Rt Hon Lord Colnbrook 1991-94
Conservative Party Chief Whip 1973-79 (as Humphrey Atkins)
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1979-81
Dame Mary Donaldson 1991-94
Lord Mayor of London, 1983-84
Chairman, Interim Licensing Authority for Human In Vitro Fertilisation
and Embroyology 1985-91
Chairman, Banking Ombudsman Council
Sir Richard Francis 1991-92
Director-General, British Council
Former Director, News and Current Affairs, BBC
Max Hastings 1991-92
Editor, Daily Telegraph
Brian Hitchin 1991-95
Editor, Daily Star
Andrew Hughes 1991-93
Editor, Sunderland Echo
Sir Edward Pickering 1991-93
Executive Vice-Chairman, Times Newspapers Ltd
Professor Lesley Rees 1991-94
Professor of Chemical Endocrinology
Dean, Saint Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College
Robert Ridley 1991-92
Editor, Manchester Evening News
Peter Preston 1992-94
Editor, The Guradian
George McKechine 1992-94
Editor, Glasgow Evening Times
Keith Parker 1992-95
Editor, Express and Star (Wolverhampton)
Iris Burton 1993-98
Editor-in-chief, Woman's Realm and Woman's Weekly
Sir David English 1993-98
Chairman and editor-in-chief, Associated Newspapers
Gerald Isaaman 1993-95
Editor and General Manager, Hampstead and Highgate Express
Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde 1993-98
Chairman, Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards
of Telephone Information Services
General Secretary, SOGAT 1984-85
Dr Angus Macintyre 1993-94
Senior Fellow and Tutor in Modern History, Magdalen College,
Oxford
Jenny Brown 1993-97
National Co-ordinator of BOOK 95
Director, Edinburgh Book Festival 1982-91
The Rt Hon Lord Wakeham (Chairman) 1995-2002
Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords 1992-94
Secretary of State for Energy 1989-92
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
1988-89
Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons 1987-88
Government Chief Whip 1983-87
Derek Tucker 1995-96
Editor, Press and Journal (Aberdeen)
David Williams 1995-97
Editor, Bury Free Press
Geoff Elliott 1995-97
Editor, The News (Portsmouth)
Lady Browne-Wilkinson 1995-99
Partner, Charles Russell (solicitors)
Sir Brian Cubbon 1995-2000
Permanent Secretary: Home Office 1979-88, Northern Ireland
Office 1976-79
Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill 1995-2001
Chairman, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Lord Tordoff 1995-2002
Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees, House of Lords
Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of Lords 1988-94
Tom Clarke 1995-98
Editor, The Sporting Life
John Witherow 1995-98
Editor, The Sunday Times
Jim Cassidy 1997-99
Editor, The Sunday Mail
Graham Collyer 1997-99
Editor, Surrey Advertiser
John Griffith 1997-99
Editor, Liverpool Echo
Dominic Lawson 1998-2002
Editor, The Sunday Telegraph
Dame Ruth Runicman 1998-2001
Chairman, Mental Health Act Commission 1994-98
Deputy Chairman, Prison Reform Trust
Pat Roberts Cairns 1998-99
Editor-in-Chief, Good Housekeeping
Phil Hall 1998-2000 and 2002-03
Editor-in-Chief
Alison Hastings 1999-2002
Editor, Evening Chronicle (Newcastle)
Malcolm Starbrook 1999-2001
Editor, Croydon Advertiser
Russell Twisk 1999-2002
Editor-in-Chief, Reader's Digest
John McGurk 1999-2001
Editorial Director, Scotsman Publications
APPENDIX XXI
PUBLISHERS AND THE PCC
PUBLISHERS' REPRESENTATION IN THE SELF REGULATORY SYSTEM[118]
| Participation | Dates
|
| Guardian Media Group |
| |
Roger Alton (The Observer)
| PCC | 2003- |
| Paul Horrocks (Manchester Evening News)
| PCC/Code | 2001- |
| Peter Preston (The Guardian) | PCC/Code
| 1992-94 |
| Sir Harry Roche | Pressbof |
1990- |
| Telegraph Group | |
|
Dominic Lawson (Sunday Telegraph)
| PCC | 1998-2003 |
| Charles Moore (Daily Telegraph) |
Code | 1997- |
| Jeremy Deedes | Pressbof |
1997- |
| Code | 1990-97
|
| Max Hastings (Daily Telegraph) | PCC
| 1991-92 |
| Sir Frank Rogers | Pressbof
| 1990-97 |
| Associated Newspapers |
| |
Paul Dacre (Daily Mail) |
PCC | 1999- |
| Max Hastings (Evening Standard) |
Code | 1996-2002 |
| Sir David English (Editor in Chief) | PCC/Code
| 1993-98 |
| Independent Newspapers |
| |
Ed Curran (Belfast Telegraph)
| PCC | 2002- |
| Terry Grote | Pressbof |
1999-2002 |
| Ian Jack (Independent on Sunday) |
Code | 1992-93 |
| Mirror Group Newspapers |
| |
Neil Wallis (Sunday People)
| PCC/Code | 2000-03 |
| Tom Clarke (Sporting Life) | PCC
| 1995-98 |
| Bridget Rowe (Sunday Mirror) | Code
| 1992-98 |
| Express Newspapers |
| |
Chris Williams (Daily Express)
| Code | 2002- |
| Brian Hitchen (Sunday Express, Daily Star)
| PCC/Code | 1991-95 |
| News International |
| |
Clive Milner | Pressbof
| 2002- |
| Phil Hall (News of the World) | PCC
| 1998-2000 |
| Les Hinton | Code | 1998-
|
| Douglas Flynn | Pressbof |
1998-99 |
| John Witherow (Sunday Times) | PCC/Code
| 1995-98 |
| Andrew Neil (Sunday Times) | Code
| 1993-94 |
| Patsy Chapman (News of the World) |
PCC/Code | 1991-3 |
APPENDIX XXII
CURRENT CODE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Les Hinton (Chairman)
News International
Perry Austin-Clarke
Bradford Telegraph and Argus
James Bishop
Illustrated London News
Mike Gilson
The News (Portsmouth)
Sue James
Woman and Home
Tom Loxley
Maxim
Doug Melloy
Rotherham and South Yorkshire Advertiser
Charles Moore
The Daily Telegraph
Ian Murray
Southern Daily Echo
Paul Potts
Press Association
Anita Syvret
Gloucestershire Echo
Derek Tucker
Press and Journal
Neil Wallis
News of the World
Chris Williams
Daily Express
John Witherow
The Sunday Times
Ian Beales
Consultant to the Committee
A Grahame Thomson
Secretary to the Committee
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This does not include regional editors who were not part of a
national newspaper group when they joined the Commission. Back
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