‘Dangerous levels of concentrated ownership’ in UK media: Just 3 publishers control 90% of print reach
“A free, independent and plural media is essential to the functioning of a healthy democracy.”
“A free, independent and plural media is essential to the functioning of a healthy democracy.”
Legal fees from the phone hacking scandal as well as the the pandemic saw News Group Newspapers lose £200 million last year.
What the UK needs is responsible journalism to hold politicians to account and insist that government actions are fully scrutinised, says Mary MacCallum Sullivan.
The National Union of Journalists is calling for an urgent public enquiry as local news-gathering and scrutiny is decimated.
Will these Article 50 headlines come back to haunt them?
Press urge Number 10 to respect the will of Holyrood
The local news chain has pushed its journalists too far
From bacon sarnies to nightmare Scots to looming ‘socialism’, the papers line up for the Tories
Here is an example…
Across the UK the message is clear – whilst stronger press regulation is needed, any system underpinned by statute would be a regressive and unhelpful step.