UK: Complaint about The Sun's undercover filming
Posted by Alisa Zykova on August 20, 2008 at 9:04 AM
The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) backed a complaint that was made against video footage that is on The Sun's website. The footage was obtained through the use of a hidden camera, which defies clause 10 of the PCC code, reported Journalism.co.uk.
The video clip showed a man, who was convicted of being in possession of pornographic imagery, at his job in a supermarket. The video was meant to be a feature of a story about a delivery to a nursery school kitchen, even though it had only showed the man in the supermarket.
The PCC said that the "public element of the story" wasn't present in the Sun footage. According to the PCC, there has to be a strong public interest in a story in order to validate the use of undercover cameras.
Source: Journalism.co.uk
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The video clip showed a man, who was convicted of being in possession of pornographic imagery, at his job in a supermarket. The video was meant to be a feature of a story about a delivery to a nursery school kitchen, even though it had only showed the man in the supermarket.
The PCC said that the "public element of the story" wasn't present in the Sun footage. According to the PCC, there has to be a strong public interest in a story in order to validate the use of undercover cameras.
Source: Journalism.co.uk
See also:
UK: Commentators split on whether Mosley verdict will stifle journalism
UK: Mosley now launches libel action against News of The World
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