Some people believe it is often necessary even desirable for political leaders to withhold information from the public Others believe that the public has a right to be fully informed Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns wit

In this modern society, the most common way to access information is by newspaper, television, radio, internet, etc. We all live in a society where our government is elected by public. So our representatives (government) know well enough how much of information is to be disclosed to public. So it is not necessary to disclose all the information to the public.

By revealing all the information to public may sometime cause damage to the society. These information may fall in to wrong hands and may take advantage of them .For example in the wiki leak case where classified information was leaked by Bradley Manning known as whistle blower to the public. That information was accessible by terrorist organization and they could take advantage of them. So informing the public about this sensitive matter caused more damage to American government rather than good. stations

Sometimes by making aware of complete information to public may cause panic, chaos. When people are in panic they take terrible steps may even damage public property, they may violate rules. For example if someone place a hoax call and says there is going to be a bomb explosion today at the train station and if that news is out the people in the train station may run panic ,helter-skelter and damage public property. Instead the authorities are made aware of it and send a canine and bomb squad to detect the bomb which would palliate the situation. Certain situations are better handled by the authorities or the experts than making public aware of it.

At certain times public has to get complete information of the situation to stay alert. Few months back center for disease council declared that water park at Arkansas was contaminated with deadly bacteria which caused a brain disease called meningitis. This information had to be made public to the people which could alert people form going to that water park and nearby water parks.

The information relaying centers like newspaper agency, television channels, radio stations, etc. have to be aware that the information they are reporting should be useful to people and does not damage the welfare of government and the public.

So it is alright to withhold information by political leaders from public.