LO4: ipso regulations

Accuracy

i) The Press must take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information or images, including headlines not supported by the text.

My article follows rule i) as i have gotten any information or statistics from identified and reliable news sources for example In an article by the BBC the number of protesters in London were unknown but organisers say it was at racked up at least  “250,000”  participants.

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ii) A significant inaccuracy, misleading statement or distortion must be corrected, promptly and with due prominence, and — where appropriate — an apology published. In cases involving IPSO, due prominence should be as required by the regulator.

i have avoided this regulation by having my article sub edited a number of times until the final draft was complete to ensure that the article wasn't offensive, in one of my feedback sessions i was told that the ending to the article want appropriate so to avoid complaint i changed my ending so it is led likely to come across the wrong way.



iv) The Press, while free to editorialise and campaign, must distinguish clearly between comment, conjecture and fact.

I have clearly show the difference between comment, conjecture and fact by using quotation marks to denote when someone else is talking and giving there opinion and before commenting on a matter I have used a statistic to back it up i.e. "and 524,725 people were referred to specialists, just take a moment to think about the amount of money that this costs and how the NHS and is reducing the quality of care for other patients because people couldn’t control their eating habits for the sake of others"

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Confidential sources

Journalists have a moral obligation to protect confidential sources of information.

when I sent out my survey monkey the responses i received were anonymous and but I could see the IP address that the responses came from, to protect my sources I have kept the IP addresses confidential and password protected as the IP address would could show who they are.

Discrimination

i) The press must avoid prejudicial or pejorative reference to an individual's, race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or to any physical or mental illness or disability.

It could have been argued that some aspects of my article was discriminatory or bias as it talks about politics and I also make comment on how the obesity epidemic has put strain on the NHS and this could be seen as 'fat shaming' and discrimination. 

ii) Details of an individual's race, colour, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental illness or disability must be avoided unless genuinely relevant to the story.
In one of my articles one of my interviewees touched on the fact that they receive on going care from the NHS as it was relevant to the story and they voluntarily said this I felt it was appropriate to remain in the article.