Abstract
In 1953, the associations of Norwegian newspaper owners and editors signed an agreement on the rights and duties of the editor: the Editors' Code. Editors consider it their freedom charter, a barrier not against government suppression, but against owner intervention. Since 1995, a proposal to elevate the Code to status of public law has been an issue on the Norwegian political agenda. By 2006, the main obstacle against legislation was finally removed: The Parliament amended the Norwegian Constitution's Section 100 on freedom of expression. The motive for the legislation is to protect editorial independence from media owners, thereby preventing monopoly control over the freedom of expression. However, will enactment of the Editors' Code really guarantee editorial independence, and will editorial independence prevent monopoly control over the freedom of expression? The answer to both questions is no.
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