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Venables: a test not just for the press Venables: a test not just for the press
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Here is a real post-Leveson test. Jon Venables, who was 10 years old when he helped murder Jamie Bulger, will be released on parole again soon. He's had an appalling life, a life in the shadows. He is still pursued, tragically, by the parents of the three-year-old he killed two decades ago.Here is a real post-Leveson test. Jon Venables, who was 10 years old when he helped murder Jamie Bulger, will be released on parole again soon. He's had an appalling life, a life in the shadows. He is still pursued, tragically, by the parents of the three-year-old he killed two decades ago.
Out in the wide world again, he will be a story, a familiar victim, hunted for headline fodder. Is that – never mind more regulation – what we think he deserves, what we'll push good money across newsagents' counters to inflict on him? It's not really a test for the press, you see. It's one for us all.Out in the wide world again, he will be a story, a familiar victim, hunted for headline fodder. Is that – never mind more regulation – what we think he deserves, what we'll push good money across newsagents' counters to inflict on him? It's not really a test for the press, you see. It's one for us all.
Press charter: now who's being wily?Press charter: now who's being wily?
Meanwhile are we to believe "wily" press barons outsmarted HMG by getting their royal charter in first? Think about the timing: the press version gets jettisoned before the summer recess. The all-party charter comes up in autumn. And what else is happening in media land by then? The Rebekah and Andy trial spectacular. Is that the ideal background for a campaign against more regulation? Politicians can be wily too: and press barons can be more naive than you'd credit.Meanwhile are we to believe "wily" press barons outsmarted HMG by getting their royal charter in first? Think about the timing: the press version gets jettisoned before the summer recess. The all-party charter comes up in autumn. And what else is happening in media land by then? The Rebekah and Andy trial spectacular. Is that the ideal background for a campaign against more regulation? Politicians can be wily too: and press barons can be more naive than you'd credit.
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