LONDON: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch sharply criticised British Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday for agreeing to tougher press regulation, saying the new system was a “holy mess” and that Cameron had disappointed his supporters.
Cameron struck a deal on Monday with his coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats, and the opposition Labour party, that will allow a new regulator to be set up with powers to levy large fines on newspapers and oblige them to print prominent apologies.
“UK holy mess with Internet unworkably included,” Murdoch wrote on social media site Twitter. “Cameron showing true colours shocking many supporters.”
REUTERS
