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Britain's press regulator has lambasted the country's newspapers for being "nasty," urging greater responsibility over explosive issues like, the EU, race and immigration.
Retired judge Alan Moses, who chairs the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), said press coverage of Brexit had been "frustrating."
"Brexit has been really interesting," he said, according to the Financial Times, "What people didn't like about it … is the tone and that really nasty edge that is fed upon. It is frustrating to me as a person with my political views."
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"Of course one would like to ask the press to be more responsible," Moses added, "But I have held back from making remarks like that. I don't think a regulator can address it."
Others have accused the British media of acting irresponsibly during the Brexit debate. Craig Oliver, David Cameron's director of communications before and during the campaign, wrote in his new book of the struggle for Remain campaigners of dealing with a one-sided press.
"There is almost nothing as formidable as the campaigning power of the right-wing press," Oliver wrote.
Moses also hit out at papers who had not yet chosen to join IPSO. He said of the Guardian : "My view is they are far too pious to join us… It makes no sense if they really believe in improving press standards. Why aren't they nominating directors here? Why aren't they participating in our work and why don't they have someone on the editors' code committee."
A Guardian spokesperson told the paper: "Guardian News & Media continues to apply editorial standards through our longstanding readers' editor system."
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