卡梅伦刚刚接到上诉法院法官莱韦森(Leveson)递交的关于英国报业不良风气及不当行为的报告——特别是关于鲁珀特·默多克(Rupert Murdoch)旗下《世界资讯报》(News of the world)的。《世界资讯报》窃听了一些名人以及一些无权无势的受害者的私人电话,现已停刊。预计莱韦森法官最终将提议采取某种强制性干预措施,以驯服这只“舰队街(Fleet Street)上的怪兽(指英国资讯业——译者注)——尽管没多少人知道具体是什么样的措施。
We are thus at a vital, scary moment in British constitutional history. If it is mishandled by Mr Cameron and other politicians, the UK could be returned to the days of state licensing of the press, which was abolished in 1694. Nearly 100 years later, the US adopted the First Amendment to its new constitution, barring Congress from limiting free speech or press freedom.
因此可以说,我们现在正处在英国宪政史上一个万分危急的关键时刻。如果卡梅伦等政界人士处理不当,英国可能被打回资讯业需要政府发放许可证的时代。那种许可证制度早在1694年就已被废除了,而该制度被废除近100年之后,美国通过了宪法第一修正案(First Amendment),禁止国会限制言论自由(即资讯自由)。
The first instinct of any journalist (or any engaged citizen) must be to oppose all such interference. As Lord Judge, the Lord Chief Justice – the head of the judiciary – phrased it last year: “The independence of the judiciary and the independence of the media are fundamental to the continued exercise, and indeed the survival, of the liberties which we sometimes take for granted.
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