One year ago , Lord Justice Leveson delivered his damning report on British press . Leveson sought independent press self-regulation ; press has rubbished proposal . Press power effectively mobilized since report publishes , Des Freedman says . Comment: Meanwhile , in a press culture that has allegedly been `` chilled '' in the post-Leveson era , the Daily Mail found the courage to attack the late Ralph Miliband , father of Labour leader Ed Miliband , as a man `` who hated Britain '' ( an attack that Miliband Jr. responded to robustly ) while the Sun managed to find evidence of 600,000 `` benefit tourists '' in the UK , a claim it quickly had to refute . Action needed far beyond that of public inquiry to tackle problems of UK press .
One year ago , Lord Justice Leveson delivered his damning report on British press . Leveson sought independent press self-regulation ; press has rubbished proposal . Press power effectively mobilized since report publishes , Des Freedman says . Comment: Action needed far beyond that of public inquiry to tackle problems of UK press .