Wednesday 16 March 2011

CS 6 - a woman vs eastbourne gazette

  • potential harassment clause 4 - paticularly if the family had requested that the journalist left them alone as it was repeated attempts to gain information
  • clause 8 hospital code has definetely been breeched as he did not identify himself and didnt grant permisson. this was especially inapproproate as the man was not in a state of giving information.
  • whilst the claims of harassment could be seen as good journalism, it was probably a bit much to soon and wouldnt have resulted in any information being given.
  • the public right to knowwould not outweight this as it is a private matter of an individuals health  - it would be more suitable to gain info at a later date

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