PRESS MUST BE FREE
CERTAIN ABUSES IN ENGLAND TILT AT BEAVERBROOK CHAIN (Rec. 11.10 a.m.) LONDON, July 19. The Attorney-General, Sir Hartley Shawcross in a speech at Battersea said there was nothing mofe dangerous to a democratic Government than that the Press should be gagged, or its freedom in any way curtailed, but there never was a time when certain' sections of the Press more seriously abused that freedom. Certain English papers distorted facts and disguised opinion as fact, but there was no legal remedy because the fullest freedom for discussion must be maintained. The freedom * f the Press must be preserved, but the 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,' the ' Manchester Guardian,' the ' Yorkshire Post,' and a few others the people of England would be completely misinformed. If everyone realised the financial and other relations between the various newspapers there would be less danger of the Press abusing its freedom.
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Evening Star, Issue 25849, 20 July 1946, Page 7
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175PRESS MUST BE FREE Evening Star, Issue 25849, 20 July 1946, Page 7
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