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Media Manifesto 2019

March 21, 2019 By Media Reform Coalition

MRC has pulled together extensive academic research and a number of briefing reports produced by, and in consultation with, a broad range of experts and stakeholders to produce our latest Media Manifesto. It charts a roadmap towards genuine progressive reform that is both practical and radical; replacing legacy frameworks with a media policy fit for the 21st century. It consists of proposals on four broad areas: a new framework for media plurality, democratising the BBC, a reformed system of independent press regulation, and challenges to the dominance of platform monopolies.

Read the Manifesto here.

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Comments

  1. Alison Jones says

    March 26, 2019 at 8:10 am

    I do not trust the UK media at all. I believe it is misinforming the public, brainwashing the population and trying to distract us from the really important issues , the corruption, the manipulation of facts to falsely accuse and to conceal wrongdoing.
    It is manipulatory and has been instrumental in the rise of xenophobia, misogyny, homophobia and fear.
    It is owned mainly by powerful individuals who use it as a platform to push their own agendas .
    I welcome a complete system change for all media, making it tell the truth ,and an independent body holding it to account when it crosses the line..
    I think education is crucial to the survival of the planet, and if we continue to be fed lies and one sided views by the media we will descend into chaos,
    The media could be a fantastic tool for alerting the public to what we can do to improve the world as radio did in wartime Britain. Instead it has become a distraction tool , and a propaganda tool.
    We need a transparent, fully functioning democratic press and television service if we are to survive modern threats to life on Earth .

    • AnneGuedes says

      April 10, 2019 at 1:59 pm

      I do plainly agree with this.
      Recently I complained with the Sun about a serious inaccuracy (nobody will consider that 750K is a trivial mistake) that was misleading the public about a particularly sensitive issue. As the same false news was repeated a couple of days after, I lodged a complaint with IPSO, unexpectedly (certain realities are difficult to acknowledge) in vain. They didn’t even investigate when I asked for a review. Their unsupported and bad faith argument was that I “didn’t appear to have any first-hand knowledge of the facts” !
      I was only seeking to correct, in the interest of the public, a significant factual inaccuracy in respect of a Supreme Court order.
      What should one do when the 4th power doesn’t fulfill his mission ? Moving towards the 5th power ? Having no alternative, that’s what I did, I told the story with all the details and put it on line.

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