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(1) Five reasons why there's no free and independent press in the UK
1/ Billionaires own the press set the agenda - highly concentrated ownership structure- 6 billionaires owning &/or having a majority of voting shares in most of the national newspapers
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/five-reasons-why-we-don-t-have-free-and-independent-press-in-uk-and-what-we-can-do-about/
1/ Billionaires own the press set the agenda - highly concentrated ownership structure- 6 billionaires owning &/or having a majority of voting shares in most of the national newspapers
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/five-reasons-why-we-don-t-have-free-and-independent-press-in-uk-and-what-we-can-do-about/
(2) Five reasons why there's no free and independent press in the UK
2/ Corporate advertising revenue censors the content
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/five-reasons-why-we-don-t-have-free-and-independent-press-in-uk-and-what-we-can-do-about/
2/ Corporate advertising revenue censors the content
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/five-reasons-why-we-don-t-have-free-and-independent-press-in-uk-and-what-we-can-do-about/
(3) Five reasons why there's no free and independent press in the UK
3/ Privately educated, privileged & predominantly white men & Oxbridge graduates want YOU to be led by their views of China, Russia, Iran & more
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/five-reasons-why-we-don-t-have-free-and-independent-press-in-uk-and-what-we-can-do-about/
3/ Privately educated, privileged & predominantly white men & Oxbridge graduates want YOU to be led by their views of China, Russia, Iran & more
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/five-reasons-why-we-don-t-have-free-and-independent-press-in-uk-and-what-we-can-do-about/
(4a) Five reasons why there's no free and independent press in the UK
4a/ The political use of supposedly neutral sources & generating bias with repetition of 'bad news' (e.g. debate on Scottish indepdence)
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/five-reasons-why-we-don-t-have-free-and-independent-press-in-uk-and-what-we-can-do-about/
4a/ The political use of supposedly neutral sources & generating bias with repetition of 'bad news' (e.g. debate on Scottish indepdence)
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/five-reasons-why-we-don-t-have-free-and-independent-press-in-uk-and-what-we-can-do-about/
(4b) Five reasons why there's no free and independent press in the UK
4b/ The political use of supposedly neutral sources & generating bias with repetition of 'bad news' (e.g. debate on Scottish indepdence)
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13637075.bbc-is-a-unionist-institution-says-former-bbc-editor-paul-mason/
4b/ The political use of supposedly neutral sources & generating bias with repetition of 'bad news' (e.g. debate on Scottish indepdence)
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13637075.bbc-is-a-unionist-institution-says-former-bbc-editor-paul-mason/
(5) Five reasons why there's no free and independent press in the UK
5/ The intelligence services manipulate the press (this is the WORST part) - intelligence services & specialised police units have infiltrated the media
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/five-reasons-why-we-don-t-have-free-and-independent-press-in-uk-and-what-we-can-do-about/
5/ The intelligence services manipulate the press (this is the WORST part) - intelligence services & specialised police units have infiltrated the media
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/five-reasons-why-we-don-t-have-free-and-independent-press-in-uk-and-what-we-can-do-about/
