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That's a slightly odd reading of the situation. The Guardian is a member of the other regulatory body IMPRESS. The history of both organisations is a bit comple
by pmyteh 6y ago
That's a slightly odd reading of the situation. The Guardian is a member of the other regulatory body IMPRESS. The history of both organisations is a bit complex, but the short version is that press self-regulation in the UK has been something of a joke for the last hundred years or so, and IPSO is the latest incarnation of that. The Leveson enquiry tried to set up regulators with more teeth, which was faced by a heavy rearguard action by the established press. This was either a principled attempt to head off censorship, or a shameless attempt to protect profits, depending on which side you were on.
IMPRESS is the Leveson-compliant regulator, IPSO the continuation of the old PCC by another name. Most newspapers went with IPSO, The Guardian didn't.
- makomk 6y agoAs far as I can tell The Guardian isn't a member of IMPRESS either - at least, they're not on their list of members, and in fact none of the other major newspapers are either. Their complaints page also doesn't mention membership of any independent regulatory body - it suggests complaints are handled entirely in house with no avenue of external appeal or complaint, which is my understanding as well.
- pmyteh 6y agoI apologise - you're quite right, I've misremembered. It looks like the Financial Times hasn't joined IPSO or IMPRESS either.