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by Lionel Wijesiri

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told a group of media representatives recently that his Government wishes to do away with the Press Council and instead establish a Press Complaints Commission (PCC) on the lines of the British model. What is really a PCC? How does it serve both print media and public alike? Has it been successful in UK? Have there been any pitfalls? According to the recommendations of the Calcutt Commission, the PCC was basically expected to demonstrate "that non-statutory self-regulation can be made to work effectively".
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