Backed by the NUJ, Community Media Association, Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom and a host of other institutions and individuals, Media Reform has now issued a joint statement calling on the Inquiry not to deviate from the original terms of reference which specifically called for recommendations about plurality and ownership.
The statement concludes:
‘We are faced with a huge opportunity to put in place a more accountable and transparent media system that will do justice to the journalists who work in it as well as the public who depend on it. It is vital that we do not lose sight of the overwhelming need to break up the concentrations of media power that have corrupted British political life.’
Full list of supporting organisations:
National Union of Journalists
Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom
Community Media Association
MediaWise
Glasgow University Media Group
Democracy Fail
Victims Unite
MecSSA
LSE Media Policy Project
Goldsmiths News Group
Leverhulme Media Research Centre
New Left Project
Unlock Democracy
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