is different in different countries eg it seems to me that the US press can report what it wants and make assumptions as to guilt even before a person is arrested or tried.
In the UK the press do have some restrictions on them up until trial (this is for the accused's protection and their right of innocence until proven guilty)and in exceptional cases there are some reporting restrictions whilst the case is at trial. But even in these exceptions journalists transcribe the case and are free to publish all details once the case is resolved.
To ban all journalists from court is a bizarre way to control what can be heard by the public in cases of justice and law. You do wonder who is coming up with these bright ideas??
I don't go to mythical places with strange men.
-- Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.
is different in different countries eg it seems to me that the US press can report what it wants and make assumptions as to guilt even before a person is arrested or tried.
In the UK the press do have some restrictions on them up until trial (this is for the accused's protection and their right of innocence until proven guilty)and in exceptional cases there are some reporting restrictions whilst the case is at trial. But even in these exceptions journalists transcribe the case and are free to publish all details once the case is resolved.
To ban all journalists from court is a bizarre way to control what can be heard by the public in cases of justice and law. You do wonder who is coming up with these bright ideas??
I don't go to mythical places with strange men.
-- Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.