Damien

As much as I dislike the coverage that comes from some papers I am not sure it's wise for the government to intervene. A free press is a defence against government corruption and as such we need them to have as little authority over them as possible. They still have to obey the law obviously, although even then there can be exceptions, but otherwise they should be able to print and say what they want.

Also it's nearly impossible to rule out bias. We all view the world though a certain perspective and it's hard to rid ourselves of that. We all for example approach issues with a Western mindset. It's also in the news you cover too. The Mail and The Sun for example rarely lie but they might report only one minor part of something, they could focus on one finding of a report and ignore other findings with put it into context etc. Would you have to force them to report the rest of it? Gets tricky real quick.