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The Leveson inquiry isn't unprecedented. The same issues came up 60 years ago | Ian Jack

Reported by guardian.co.uk on Friday, 22 June 2012 (on June 22, 2012)
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What Leveson is doing is certainly important, but a look back at the 1949 press inquiry shows how far Fleet Street's force has weakened

The first Royal Commission on the Press presented its findings..


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