Press freedom

I FEEL incensed about Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act, rushed into law after the Leveson Inquiry, which states any newspaper that refuses to join a regulator approved under the Government’s Royal Charter for the press,  and is sued for libel, will be forced to pay the other side’s legal costs even if the newspaper wins. 
What insane idiot composed this part of the Crime and Courts act. If this passes into law, small, and maybe larger publications could go to the wall. 
Not only that this ruling could open the door to compensation chasers (even for minor issues) knowing that they will not have to pay nothing themselves.  
Journalist in foreign countries look with envy on a place where politicians cannot dictate the public agenda, where censors do not hold sway and where reporters are free to investigate wrongdoing without fear. Lets keep it that way. 
I have personally sent my concerns to the “Department for Culture, Media and Sport” who are dealing with this issue.