reach of confidence; and to make recommendations."(PCC, History of the commission. p1/2, 99)
             Calcutts idea was to replace the previous self-regulatory body, the Press Council, with a new self-regulatory body, which had 18 months to work or be replaced by a new statutory system for the press.
             The Press council was introduced in 1947, after a Royal commission into press regulation. The Press council was introduced to tackle claims of falling press standards. However, by the late 1980's the press council was being ignored by many publications "due principally to the fact that it had no formal code of practice as to what the press should and shouldn't be doing, nor any legal powers to enforce its decisions."(McNair, '94, p167)
             The press council's days were numbered when in April '89 the Home Secretary announced an official was to investigate the possibility of statutory legislation of the press.
             The new Press Complaints Commission was set up with a committee of 16 national and regional editors and chaired by Lord McGregor of Durris. They drew up the first code of practice to which all were committed to adhering to and also sought to establish an arrangement where the press also funded the PCC showing their dedication to making the PCC work.
             However, as McNair states the PCC was, "Championed by its advocates as t
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