Norman Fowler (No more Murdochs, 12 May) writes well about the roots and the future of the relationship between our press and politicians, but is it too fanciful to suggest that social media sites are fundamentally transforming this relationship in ways that will simply leave behind the kind of legislation Fowler suggests? Last week Rebekah Brooks spoke of "readers" as a force that an editor can lead and represent. But what is most interesting about media in recent years is the way the public are bypassing politicians and newspapers, using media of their own to exchange information and arrive at their own positions; then exerting pressure in search of changes they desire. Hopefully the destructive "top-down" manipulations that the Leveson inquiry is exposing are giving.....

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