FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
Press Assn.-
Essential to Democracy PUBLIC ENTITLED TO TRUTH
By Telegraph
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Received Saturday, 11.20 a.m. LONDON, July 19. Sir Hartley Sliawcross in a speech at Battersea said there was nothing more dangerous to democratic government than that the Press should be gagged and its freedom in any way curtailed, hut there was never a time when certain sections the Press more seriously abnsed *^reedom. 1 ' Certain English papers distorted the facts and disguised opinion as fact but there was no legal remedy because the fullest freedom of discussion must be maintained. Freedom of the Press must be preserved but truth about current affairs must be made available to the public. No one really cared about Lord Beaverbrook's private opinions. If it was not for honest papers like the Times, Manchester Guardian, Yorkshire Post and a few others, people of England would be completely misinformed. If every one realised the financial and other relations between various newspapers there would be less danger of the Press abusing its freedom.
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 July 1946, Page 5
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172FREEDOM OF THE PRESS Chronicle (Levin), 20 July 1946, Page 5
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