Right of reply law wanted
ls it possible that in their search for a “good story,” some journalists distort the truth to add a bit of spiciness? A British Labour M.P., Mr Austin Mitchell, certainly thinks this is so and he has just introduced a bill into the House of Commons giving the right of reply. If this ■ legislation is passed, a person who has been maligned by a newspaper will be able to force that paper to print a retraction and the facts of the matter. In a 8.8. C. “Your World” programme (Concert programme, 9.15 tonight), Austin Mitchell puts his case for the right to reply; he is opposed by Geoffrey Levy, chief features writer for the “Daily Express,” one ol Britain’s best-selling newspapers.
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Press, 3 November 1984, Page 18
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