The Tricky Question of Press Freedom
British Government versus Russian Media in the Ukraine crisis
What are the limits of free media? The Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries is calling on regulator Ofcom to consider action against Russian "propaganda" in the UK, shining a spotlight on TV channel RT. Elsewhere in the UK, the Supreme Court has stopped Bloomberg from publishing an investigation, on privacy grounds. Some have condemned this as threat to journalists’ ability to investigate. So when should a state or the law intervene in press freedom?
Guests: Erika Solomon, Berlin Correspondent at the Financial Times; David Merritt, Senior Executive Editor at Bloomberg News; Hugh Tomlinson QC; Francis Scarr, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Monitoring journalist in Moscow; Chris Curtis, Editor-in-Chief at Broadcast Magazine.
Studio engineer: Tim Heffer
Producer: Hannah Sander
Presenter: Ros Atkins
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