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Clegg: Just as we Need a Media That is Properly Regulated, we Need to Encourage Responsible Reporting
July 15, 2011 5:42 PM
• [Jul 12] Nick Clegg writes: THE Huffington Post's emergence onto the UK media scene could not have come at a better time. With newspapers under fire over phone hacking allegations, public confidence in our media establishment has been well and truly rocked. New news outlets, like this one, will undoubtedly provide a welcome breath of fresh air.
. . And, as the Government set out yesterday in our blueprint for Open Public Services, we want the UK to set the bar in terms of the access to information people have about the schools, hospitals and other services they rely on. Unprecedented levels of data will now be made available - in plain English and in a way people can really use.
. . So, from the media, to politics, to public services, we need to be vigorous in breaking up opaque practices and in dispersing information. That's how we empower citizens. Its how we create institutions they can trust. That's an open society. And it's a liberal society too.
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