Main content

What you’re not being told

How privacy law stops journalists telling you everything they know

Why don’t journalists tell everything they know? One reason is privacy law. We hear from the lawyer who warned editors off publishing the name of Phillip Schofield’s former lover, and speak to the chief lawyer for The Times and The Sunday Times who took the risk of naming a parliamentary researcher alleged to be spying for China.

Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: Charlotte McDonald
Researchers: Beth Ashmead Latham, Kirsteen Knight
Editors: China Collins, Emma Rippon

Available now

14 minutes

On radio

Fri 10 Jan 2025 11:45
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

More episodes

Previous

How You Shape the News

See all episodes from How to Read the News

Broadcasts

  • Fri 12 Jan 2024 13:45
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 10 Jan 2025 11:45
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM
  • Sat 11 Jan 2025 00:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM

8 Things We Learned About How to Read the News

8 Things We Learned About How to Read the News

How our perception of the facts in news reporting can be shaped by those presenting them.