LONDON (AP) — British newspaper publishers including major players like Rupert Murdoch’s News International on Thursday rejected the government’s proposals for curbing media abuses, saying the plans for regulation would give politicians “an unacceptable degree of interference” in press freedom.
The Newspaper Society, which represents thousands of national and local publications, said the British press has put out its own plans for independent self-regulation to rival those agreed by politicians. The group said that unlike the government’s proposals, the industry version enjoys the support of all four trade associations and all national papers.
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