David Cameron rejects call for statutory press regulation
This story was about a dispute between the coalition government, conservative David Cameron and liberal democrat Nick Clegg over the release of the results from the leveson inquiry as Nick Clegg argued that press should be regulated over this story as he argued that he wants to protect the people as argues that the press can expose abuse of power without abusing its own. On the other hand David Cameron wants free press as he argued that legislation could ultimately infringe free speech and a free press.
Personally i would agree with David Cameron that the press should not be regulated as British citizens deserve the truth, and every little detail about it, as regulating would be a form of silencing the press, also regulating will only lead to reinforcing the theory of hegomony as the government will only let the press publicise what they think is appropriate, and regulate anything that would badmouth them. Also i believe that Britain is a pluralistic country as we believe in democracy therefore regulating the press would go against that. However i can understand where Nick Clegg is coming from as free press has caused alot of trouble in the past therefore i understand why he would want to regulate it, however i think that due to being a democratic country i believe that there should be free press.
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