A Manifesto for Media Reform

May 10, 2017 By Media Reform Coalition

The Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, together with the Media Reform Coalition, have published a manifesto for media reform ahead of the general election on 8 June. Reflecting on who we can turn to to find out the truth about our public affairs, the manifesto tables demands concerning

Media ownership
Independent and effective self-regulation of the press
Well-funded, independent public service media
Protection for communication rights.

You can read the full manifesto here.

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Michael McCarthy says

May 11, 2017 at 2:33 pm

So it’s OK for obscenely rich people to go on pumping out right-wing propaganda in the interests of the rich and powerful, so long as no individual plutocrat owns too many newspapers and tv and radio stations?

With friends like you lot, I don’t think those of us who want all big media operations collectively owned and controlled by ordinary people need any enemies.

Britain has one of the most concentrated media environments in the world. Just three companies dominate 83% of national newspaper circulation; five companies account for 80% of national newspaper newsbrand reach; five companies command 80% of local newspaper titles; and two companies own nearly half of all commercial analogue radio stations..

The phone hacking scandal and its aftermath demonstrated how that power has been used nationally, whilst at the local level community after community is losing the means to publicly hold power to account.

Urgent reform is needed to reclaim the media in the interest of the public.

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