Seanad debates
Wednesday, 10 December 2003
Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Defamation: Statements.
In establishing a press council, it will be vital to provide a clear mechanism for making complaints. As Senator Maurice Hayes pointed out and as we all know, short of taking a case to court, there is no way to get redress if one's story has been misreported, misinterpreted, misunderstood or one has a complaint to make. I ask the NUJ, the NNI and journalists generally to examine the model of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission, a statutory body appointed by the Government which works. There is no sense of political or other interference with the BCC, a body to which people can bring their complaints.
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