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British PM says politicians and press ‘too close’

British Prime Minister David Cameron said ties between politicians and the media had become “too close” as he began giving evidence on Thursday to a public inquiry into press ethics. “It has been too close and I think we need to try and get it on a better footing,” Cameron…

Leveson inquiry into press ethics opens

The Leveson inquiry into the ethics of the British press opened on Monday with the judge vowing to find out “who guards the guardians” in the wake of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. Some four months after a flood of hacking allegations shocked the nation and prompted the closure of…