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The article discusses plans by the British government to regulate the press on topics including formal consent from England's Queen Elizabeth, the creation of an independent regulator by Royal Charter, and the 2013 telephone hacking scandal at News Corp.'s British newspaper unit.

The article discusses testimony delivered by former British prime minister Tony Blair before a public inquiry in London, England, on May 28, 2012, during which he denied assisting Australian media magnate and News Corp. chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch in crafting beneficial policy.

The author reflects on the criticisms against the media by British Prime Minister Tony Blair. According to the author, the British and American media are different, but he found Blair's comments sufficiently provoking on an important subject to warrant an airing in the U.S. He states that Blair's complaint about balance appears not to be about political bias. He asserts that many in the press argue that a decline in the newspaper market share is the result of the Internet invasion.