tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435782381398776888.post7105616229551465789..comments2024-03-25T07:14:42.571+00:00Comments on OF INTEREST TO LAWYERS: Why shouldn't journalists be subject to statutory regulation?A Barrister in Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022693708807443338noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435782381398776888.post-22597308799064194822012-12-22T09:54:59.520+00:002012-12-22T09:54:59.520+00:00"Why shouldn't such bad journalists be in..."Why shouldn't such bad journalists be investigated, adjuged and thrown out of their profession?"<br />Because unlike all the other professions that you cite, there is no "Club of Journalists" to which you need to gain entrance. Therefore you can't be thrown out. Even if a newspaper fires you, you can still write a blog. Or print your stories on sheets of A4 and stuff them in letter boxes.<br /><br />Also, it is not clear to me that criminal and civil law as we have it doesn't do its job. Many journalists are in prison at the moment, awaiting trial.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com