NCTJ Media Law NCTJ Revision Definitions UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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NCTJ Media Law NCTJ Revision
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Editors' Code of Practice Clause 1 - CORRECT ANSWER- Accuracy
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 1 (i) - CORRECT ANSWER- The Press must take care
not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted informatio...
NCTJ Media Law NCTJ Revision
Definitions UPDATED ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Accuracy
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 1 (i) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The Press must take care
not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information or images, including headlines
not supported by the text.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 1 ii) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A significant inaccuracy,
misleading statement or distortion must be corrected, promptly and with due prominence, and
— where appropriate — an apology published. In cases involving IPSO, due prominence
should be as required by the regulator.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 1 iii) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A fair opportunity to
reply to significant inaccuracies should be given, when reasonably called for.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 1 iv) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The Press, while free to
editorialise and campaign, must distinguish clearly between comment, conjecture and fact.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 1 v) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A publication must report
fairly and accurately the outcome of an action for defamation to which it has been a party,
unless an agreed settlement states otherwise, or an agreed statement is published.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 2 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- *Privacy
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 2 i) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Everyone is entitled to
respect for his or her private and family life, home, health and correspondence, including
digital communications.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 2 ii) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Editors will be expected
to justify intrusions into any individual's private life without consent. In considering an
individual's reasonable expectation of privacy, account will be taken of the complainant's own
,public disclosures of information and the extent to which the material complained about is
already in the public domain or will become so.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 2 iii) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- It is unacceptable to
photograph individuals, without their consent, in public or private places where there is a
reasonable expectation of privacy.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 3 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- *Harassment
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 3 i) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Journalists must not
engage in intimidation, harassment or persistent pursuit.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 3 ii) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- They must not persist in
questioning, telephoning, pursuing or photographing individuals once asked to desist; nor
remain on property when asked to leave and must not follow them. If requested, they must
identify themselves and whom they represent.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 3 iii) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Editors must ensure
these principles are observed by those working for them and take care not to use non-
compliant material from other sources.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 4 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Intrusion into grief or shock
Must be made with sympathy and discretion and publication handled sensitively. These
provisions should not restrict the right to report legal proceedings.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 5 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- *Reporting suicide
Care should be taken to avoid excessive detail of the method used, while taking into account
the media's right to report legal proceedings.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 6 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- *Children
,An exceptional public interest would need to be demonstrated to over-ride the normally
paramount interests of children under 16.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 6 i) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- All pupils should be free
to complete their time at school without unnecessary intrusion.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 6 ii) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- They must not be
approached or photographed at school without permission of the school authorities.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 6 iii) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Children under 16 must
not be interviewed or photographed on issues involving their own or another child's welfare
unless a custodial parent or similarly responsible adult consents.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 6 iv) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Children under 16 must
not be paid for material involving their welfare, nor parents or guardians for material about
their children or wards, unless it is clearly in the child's interest.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 6 v) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Editors must not use the
fame, notoriety or position of a parent or guardian as sole justification for publishing details
of a child's private life.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 7 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- *Children in sex cases
An exceptional public interest would need to be demonstrated to over-ride the normally
paramount interests of children under 16.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 7 i) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- In cases involving a sex
offence against a child the child must not be identified.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 7 ii) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- In cases involving a sex
offence against a child the adult may be identified.
, Editors' Code of Practice Clause 7 iii) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- In cases involving a sex
offence against a child the word "incest" must not be used where a child victim might be
identified.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 7 iv) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- In cases involving a sex
offence against a child care must be taken that nothing in the report implies the relationship
between the accused and the child.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 8 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- *Hospitals
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 9 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- *Reporting of Crime
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 9 i) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Relatives or friends of
persons convicted or accused of crime should not generally be identified without their
consent, unless they are genuinely relevant to the story.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 9 ii) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Particular regard should
be paid to the potentially vulnerable position of children under the age of 18 who witness, or
are victims of, crime. This should not restrict the right to report legal proceedings.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 9 iii) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Editors should generally
avoid naming children under the age of 18 after arrest for a criminal offence but before they
appear in a youth court unless they can show that the individual's name is already in the
public domain, or that the individual (or, if they are under 16, a custodial parent or similarly
responsible adult) has given their consent. This does not restrict the right to name juveniles
who appear in a crown court, or whose anonymity is lifted.
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 10 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- *Clandestine devices and
subterfuge
Editors' Code of Practice Clause 10 i) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The press must not seek
to obtain or publish material acquired by using hidden cameras or clandestine listening
devices; or by intercepting private or mobile telephone calls, messages or emails; or by the
unauthorised removal of documents or photographs; or by accessing digitally-held
information without consent.
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