Press freedom and the High Court in the Callinan era: Rethinking the rhetoric

Justice Ian Callinan, appointed to the Autralian High Court in 1998, challenged the rhetoric on the media's role in society and its claims to press freedom with his minority decision in the Lenah Game Meats case in 2001. He questioned the notion of media freedom in an age where information pro...

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Autor principal:	Mark Pearson
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Publicado:	Asia Pacific Network 2004
Materias:	media freedom media law modern media Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:10bbea3322594c5cb10c4d4fab6b53292021-12-02T11:51:20ZPress freedom and the High Court in the Callinan era: Rethinking the rhetoric10.24135/pjr.v10i1.7831023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/10bbea3322594c5cb10c4d4fab6b53292004-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/783https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 Justice Ian Callinan, appointed to the Autralian High Court in 1998, challenged the rhetoric on the media's role in society and its claims to press freedom with his minority decision in the Lenah Game Meats case in 2001. He questioned the notion of media freedom in an age where information providers are multinational coporations with a vested intereset in the sale of news. Further, he challenged the claim of news organisations to special priviliages on public interest grounds to the detriment of the rights of others. This paper uses qualitative analysis techniques to consider the comments of Justice Callinan and Justice Michael Kirby in the Lenah Case and four subsequent media-related cases in an attempt to develop a theory about the attitudes of these High Court justices towards the media. It finds five key themes emerging from their decision, headed by the expression 'The Modern Media' used by both Jusitce Callinan and Justice Kirby, whicn embodies many of these attitudes. The other key themes are the shift to considering media 'just another business', the self-appointed role of judges as reporting experts, the ascendancy of privacy over press freedom, and the challenge to some legal privleges with which the media have become comfortable. Mark PearsonAsia Pacific Networkarticlemedia freedommedia lawmodern mediaCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2004)
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description	Justice Ian Callinan, appointed to the Autralian High Court in 1998, challenged the rhetoric on the media's role in society and its claims to press freedom with his minority decision in the Lenah Game Meats case in 2001. He questioned the notion of media freedom in an age where information providers are multinational coporations with a vested intereset in the sale of news. Further, he challenged the claim of news organisations to special priviliages on public interest grounds to the detriment of the rights of others. This paper uses qualitative analysis techniques to consider the comments of Justice Callinan and Justice Michael Kirby in the Lenah Case and four subsequent media-related cases in an attempt to develop a theory about the attitudes of these High Court justices towards the media. It finds five key themes emerging from their decision, headed by the expression 'The Modern Media' used by both Jusitce Callinan and Justice Kirby, whicn embodies many of these attitudes. The other key themes are the shift to considering media 'just another business', the self-appointed role of judges as reporting experts, the ascendancy of privacy over press freedom, and the challenge to some legal privleges with which the media have become comfortable.
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Press freedom and the High Court in the Callinan era: Rethinking the rhetoric

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