introduction to the pcc

1. What does pcc stand for? press complaints commission
2. Briefly explain what it is.The Press Complaints Commission is an independent body which deals with complaints from members of the public about the editorial content of newspapers and magazines.
3. What are the codes of practice?All members of the press have a duty to maintain the highest professional standards. The Code, which includes this preamble and the public interest exceptions , sets the benchmark for those ethical standards, protecting both the rights of the individual and the public's right to know.

Accuracy
Opportunity to reply
Privacy
Harassment
Intrusion into grief or shock
Children
Children in sex cases
Hospitals
Reporting of Crime
Clandestine devices and subterfuge
Victims of sexual assault
Discrimination
Financial journalism
Confidential sources
Witness payments in criminal trials
Payment to criminals
4. When does it act?
when the codes of practice are broken
5. What things can it do ?
stop harrasment from journalists by sending out a desist message
6. choose a real life case from the archives and briefly explain what happend and what the pcc did.In a case this time involving someone in the public eye, we liaised with Chris Tarrant's manager to minimise the heavy media attention on Mr. Tarrant's wife following their separation. She was feeling harassed by the large number of journalists who had set up outside her house. The PCC sent out a desist message on her behalf explaining that she did not wish to speak. Very shortly afterwards, the media began to disperse.
7.how effective do you think the pcc is at regulation? very effective