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Trevor Kavanagh vs Hacked Off’s Brian Cathcart on press freedom

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Hacked Off are feeling pretty hacked off. John Prescott has resigned as a Privy Councillor, depriving the Queen of his advice. And why? Because the press has come up with its own plans for regulation, and the enemies of press freedom hate it. Mr Steerpike enjoyed last night’s debate between Hacked Off’s Brian Cathcart, a professor of journalism (yes, such things exist) and living legend Trevor Kavanagh, of The Sun. Here it is, for those who didn’t hear it. From R4’s World Tonight:-

listen to ‘Press regulation debate – Trevor Kavanagh vs Brian Cathcart’ on Audioboo

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