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The Characteristics … the National Press: Sex and Scandal.

The other feature … the national press which is partially the result … the commercial interests … its owners is its shallowness. Few other European countries have a popular press which is so "low". Some … the tabloids have almost given up even the pretence … dealing … serious matters. Apart … sport, their pages are full … little except stories … the private lives … famous people. Sometimes their "stories" are not articles at all, they are just excuses to show pictures … almost naked women. …. the 1980s, page three … the Sun became infamous in this respect and the women who posed … its photographs became known as "page three girls".

The desire to attract more readers at all costs has meant that, … the late twentieth century, even the broadsheets …Britain can look rather "popular" when compared to equivalent "quality" papers in some other countries. They are still serious newspapers containing high-quality articles whose presentation … factual information is usually reliable. But even they now give a lot … coverage to news … a "human interest" angle when they have the opportunity. /The treatment … The Sunday Times of Prince Charles and Princess Diana is an example./

This emphasis … revealing the details … people's private lives has led … discussion … the possible need to restrict the freedom … the press. This is because, … behaving this way, the press has found itself … conflict … another British principle which is as strongly felt as that … freedom … speech – the right … privacy. Many journalists now appear to spend their time trying to discover the most sensational secrets … well-known personalities, or even … ordinary people who, by chance, find themselves connected … some newsworthy situation. There is a widespread feeling that, … doing so, they behave too intrusively.

Complaints regarding invasions … privacy are dealt … … the Press Complaints Commission /PCC/. This organization is made up … newspaper editors and journalists. … other words, the press is supposed to regulate itself. It follows a Code … Practice which sets limits … the extent to which newspapers should publish details … people's private lives. Many people are not happy … this arrangement and various governments have tried to formulate laws … the matter. However, … the right … privacy the press has successfully been able to oppose the concept … the public's "right to know".

Of course, Britain is not the only country where the press is controlled … large companies … the same single aim … making profits. So why is the British press more frivolous? The answer may lie … the function … the British press …its readers. British adults never read comics. These publications, which consist entirely … picture stories, are read only … children. It would be embarrassing … an adult to be seen reading one. Adults who want to read something very simple, … plenty … pictures to help them, have almost nowhere to go but the national press. Most people don't use newspapers … "serious" news. For this, they turn … another source – broadcasting.

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