NCTJ MEDIA LAW Question and answers correctly solved

NCTJ MEDIA LAW Question and answers correctly solved NCTJ MEDIA LAW What are the Ipso and Ofcom clauses in terms of confidential sources - correct answer Ipso clause 14- journalists habe a moral obligation to protect confidential sources of information Ofcom rule 7.1 - gurantees of confidentiality should be honoured What are the sanctions to breaching confidential sources - correct answer - The journalist/ media org. Will be fined for a refusal to obey court order to reveal the identity of a confidential source or material that identifies a source - refusing is a contempt of court - results in a fine or jail sentence What is the shield law in the contempt of court act 1981 section 10 - correct answer No court May require a publisher to disclose their sources UNLESS disclosure is necessary for; -interests of justice -national security -prevention of disorder or crime What does article 10 of the European convention of human rights guarantee - correct answer A journalist should not be compelled by a court to do anything which could disclose a sources identity UNLESS - court rules an over riding requirement in the public interest - investigative actions should take place after that formal decision -action should be proportionate (not a wide ranging trial of journalists activity) What are the police's right to intercept - correct answer Under the investigatory powers act 2016 OR police and criminal evidence act 1984 police and security services can apply for a warrant from the home secularly and intercept live communications and data from calls, texts, emails, letters etc