PCC - Press Complaints Commission
PPC (press complaints commission) is a self regulatory company that has often been deemed ‘toothless’ for criticizing the company that helps fund them. PCC is funded via Levy from newspapers. PCC’s first step in writing any wrongs would be adjudication with due prominence. Journalists and columnists go by a ‘Publish and be damned policy’ which basically means publish an article at your own risk. So if a journalist were to write quite a controversial article such as Jan Moir’s article on Stephen Gately, you need to be prepared to pay the price incase of public upset. However many journalists and columnists do this and say the article is ‘In the readers best interest’ to wriggle out of any accusations. The PPC covers the following areas of complain: Opportunity to reply, Privacy, Harassment, Intrusion into Grief and Shock, Children and Children in Sex Cases, Victims of Sexual Assault, Discrimination, Financial Journalism, Confidential sources, Witness payments and Payments to Criminals. However overall PCC have no legal power whatsoever.
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