Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has attacked British Prime Minister David Cameron for agreeing tougher press regulation, saying that the deal puts media under influence of politicians.
Earlier this week, British politicians from three main political parties in the country finally clinched a deal on press regulation which aimed at curbing the abuses of the past, including the phone-hacking scandal.
Murdoch, whose 168-year-old newspaper The News of the World has been closed over the same scandal, criticized the decision by the politicians, describing the new regulator as a “holly mess”.
“UK holy mess with internet unworkably included. Cameron showing true colors shocking many supporters,” Murdoch tweeted on Thursday, March 21.
The deal on Britain’s press regulation is running into difficulty as some key newspaper groups, including News International, the Telegraph Media group, and the Express publishers, refused to endorse it.
The deal was introduced after it emerged that journalists had hacked thousands of phones in their attempts to get first time news reports.
The scale of the long-running phone hacking scandal in the country has led to dozens of arrests and the resignation of several senior police officers so far.
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