should the press have the right to say whatever they want? or should they have every word they say censured?
It is important that the press be free of censorship. However there should be responsibility attached.
In the United Kingdom, if any branch of the media makes an error or deliberately tells an untruth they are obliged by law to correct the error in an equally or more prominent way. Except the newspapers.
For some reason the papers are exempt. If The Daily Mail or News of the World (for arguments sake, we all know how seriously those two take the truth) decide to trash your reputation falsely, it is up to you to complain to the Press Complaints Commission which is run by the newspapers. If they decide their chums are in the right you can then go to court at your own expense. If you can’t afford it that’s too bad.
This is clearly wrong, and goes a long way to explaining why journalists have such a bad image.
There should also be some discernment as to what is "in the public’s interest" as it is not the same thing as "what the public is interested in". Sections of the public may well be interested in what Max Mosely gets up to in his private life but so long as he is not breaking the law, harming anyone, or being hypocritical then it is none of the public’s business, however odious others may find him.
The press shouldn’t have the freedom to say whatever they want, nor should every word be censured. They should be able to report issues of concern to the public and to express opinion clearly stated as such free from political or financial influence. When they get it wrong they should be obliged to put it right.