Submitted on Wednesday 13th October 2021
Rejected on Friday 15th October 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Hold newspapers more accountable for overly sensational headlines & lead stories
To instruct the press standards commission to force newspapers to adhere to higher standards of journalism. Given the newspaper's position in society, they have a great responsibility to inform, without prejudice, the public and not inspire panic or fear.
In recent times, we have seen newspapers inspire panic and increase anxiety. Most recently, the panic buying of fuel led to unneeded stress and hardship for many. In times like these, we need newspapers to inform us logically and not dictate the mood or, at worse, influence people's actions so dramatically. Information sources need to be relied upon and trusted and I do not believe that this is currently the case.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or House of Commons is responsible for.
Decisions about standards for the media are a matter for the independent press regulators, not the Government or House of Commons. As a result it is not possible for the Government or House of Commons to take the action you have requested.
You can find out more about regulation of the press here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-7576/
We could accept a petition calling for the Government to establish a statutory regulator of the media, if that's what you would like to happen.
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