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Public Confidence in the Media and Police

My hon. Friend is right to mention the responsibility of the public for their purchasing decisions. It is not just a case of regulation or law, but a cultural issue. Although the public are revolted about people hacking into Milly Dowler's phone and the phones of other victims of crime, why do we have such a prurient interest in other people's private lives? Do not we all have to hold up a mirror to ourselves and ask why we buy those papers and feed a beast that we now want to slay? Have we not all got questions to answer?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
531 c1028-9 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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