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Enforce media accountability by obliging prominent corrections

Submitted on Sunday 12th March 2017

Rejected on Saturday 18th March 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Enforce media accountability by obliging prominent corrections

Petition Details

Press standards are weak because the rules for correcting inaccurate journalism are too lenient​.
Oblige the media to make corrections as prominently as original errors. This will reduce incidents of lazy and dishonest reporting.


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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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