Why media reporting of Finsbury Park
attack differs from other terrorist incidents

John Mcgarry

Why media reporting of Finsbury Park attack differs from other terrorist incidents

John Mcgarry

School of Law & Criminal Justice

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Abstract

This piece explains how the Contempt of Court Act 1981 governs the reporting of the attack outside the Finsbury Park Mosque on 19 June 2017 and why that reporting differs from the reporting of recent terrorist attacks in Westminister, Manchester and at London Bridge.

Original language	English
Journal	The Conversation
Early online date	21 Jun 2017
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 21 Jun 2017

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Keywords

Contempt of Court Act 1981
Media Law

Access to Document

https://theconversation.com/why-media-reporting-of-finsbury-park-attack-differs-from-that-of-other-incidents-79797

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