How does the current System for regulating the Press Compare with the Recommendations of the Leveson Inquiry?

Essay from the year 2018 in the subject Communications - Ethics in the Media, grade: 95, Academy of Media Arts Cologne, language: English, abstract: This essay will attempt to evaluate how the Leveson inquiry recommendations improved, or did not, the press regulating environment. It will start off by examining the background of the Leveson inquiry and go on to list its recommendations. Subsequently, the essay will assess the current regulating environment and discern if the Leveson recommendations have been effective in curbing unethical issues in journalism. The press, commonly known as the fourth estate, acts as the guardian of public interest. It is supposed to witness major events and report incidents that nobody else can proclaim. Indeed, it also has the duty to entertain, be opinionated, contemptuous and disruptive if an occasion necessitates it. But not all press acts for the public good. Consequently, the media have in several instances disregarded its own code of ethics and this has severely damaged the life of many innocent individuals. This led to a consensus by many stakeholders that the former "watchdog" Press Complaints Commission (PCC) was unfit to act as a regulator hence the setting up of various watchdogs such as IPSO and the Impress Project to help and bring back public confidence in the media.