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Book your FREE ticket now for Media Democracy Festival 2024, at @sheffielduni on Saturday 16th March. Featuring debates on coverage of the Israel/Gaza conflict, the rise of 'alt-news' channels & ideas for radical media reform. REGISTER:

Media Democracy Festival 2024

Our media is broken. Be part of the movement to fix it.

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At the Leveson Inquiry Piers Morgan said under oath he had "no reason or knowledge to believe" phone hacking took place at the Daily Mirror. He was "100% sure" he didn't see it. Today the High Court ruled Morgan knew about phone hacking & was involved while he was Mirror editor

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Just published: our new report on UK media ownership. 3 companies control 90% of national newspaper circulation & 80% of combined online/offline brand reach. These are agenda-setting voices in a concentrated market. Is this what we mean by a free media?

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Letter from @KenLoachSixteen , Sir Geoffrey Bindman, Mike Leigh, Tim Llewellyn & MRC calling on @BAFTA to reconsider its nomination for the @BBCPanorama programme, 'Is Labour Antisemitic?' on the basis of serious editorial flaws

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Saw Piers Morgan's statement disparaging the High Court & Mirror hacking victims? Here's what Leveson said about his inquiry testimony in 2012: "side-swiping", "utterly unpersuasive", trying to "draw attention away" from awkward questions & incriminating evidence...

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One week to go until our Media Democracy Festival - kicking off with a keynote speech and Q&A with @jeremycorbyn ! The event will be on Youtube Live and via our partners. Sign up to Eventbrite for a reminder before the event - you don't want to miss this!

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"The new editor of Britain’s only black national newspaper has warned the UK is going backwards in recognising institutional racism in the media and wider society."

UK going backwards on tackling media’s racism, warns new Voice editor

Lester Holloway of Britain’s only black national newspaper points to a ‘regression’ in recognising inequality

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We need a media that isn't afraid to hold the rich & powerful to account. But how do we build one & what would it look like? Join @jeremycorbyn for his keynote speech on media reform, and a Q&A, to kick off our Media Democracy Festival #MDF21 Sign up:

A Free Media For A Free Society: Jeremy Corbyn

A keynote and Q&A from former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

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"In the coming weeks we will announce some exciting projects, shared infrastructure to support independent media and more ways for you to get involved with supporting them and building campaigns for a democratic media." - @jeremycorbyn on @corbyn_project #MDF21

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The state of the UK media! 3 companies control 80% of national newspaper circulation & 5 companies dominate 80% of total online & offline reach. Seeing similar concentration in local news & digital markets. Read our new report @OwenJones84 @labourlewis

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Much of the media are playthings of oligarchs - owning a newspaper gives direct access to politicians. Not about making money but about influence and patronage argues @OwenJones84 #MDF2019

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Bywire News is currently working with a number of other Independent Media outlets on a massive project that will allow them to collectively take on the mainstream media. But we will need your help to succeed - so please follow @bywirenews now!

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“BBC is not independent of the establishment but at its very epicentre” argues @OwenJones84 outlining a series of progressive reforms that are needed for a democratised, localised broadcaster #MDF2019

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🔥The full line-up for #MDF2019 is out! 🔥 Join us on 16 March and be part of the movement to fix Britain's broken media. Get your tickets here: … More info:

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"I encourage everyone taking part today and through the festival to support independent media any way you can. Read it, listen to it and watch it." - @jeremycorbyn during #MDF21

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The Guardian sure changed its tune...

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Say what now?

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81% of Downing Street media meetings are held with Right-Wing newspapers @BylineTimes #MRCfactoids #uknewspapers

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A brilliant piece from @bywirenews highlighting the fact that Boris Johnson’s flat refurbishment was paid by Lord Brownlow, whose company, Huntswood CTC, has previously been awarded government contracts worth up to £120m.

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NEW 📰 Our 'Who Owns the UK Media?' 2023 report shows the dangerous levels of concentrated ownership across the UK's newspapers, TV and radio stations, online platforms and streaming services. READ:

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Cummings confirms what we knew all along: while Covid ravaged the country, the Johnson government propped up the right-wing corporate press with £m's in public subsidies. Read @BrianCathcart for @BylineTimes :

Government Refuses to Reveal Taxpayer Cost of Secret COVID Subsidy for Its Wealthy Press Friends

Just how much cash have ministers given Murdoch, the Mail and Co to help them through the pandemic? Brian Cathcart investigates

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Cummings on the newspapers (and their proprietors): “There were specific concerns about his relationship to the Barclays and the Daily Telegraph. And specific concerns about corruption with Osborne and funnelling money to the Evening Standard.”

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🚨JUST ANNOUNCED! For this year's keynote, we are delighted to welcome outgoing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as we reflect on the last election and look towards a democratic media of the future. Pre-registration essential: #MDF2020

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@jeremycorbyn is kicking off this year's Media Democracy Festival on Sun 14th March at 6pm. You don't want to miss this! Join us on YouTube Live or stream via our media partners: @TheCanaryUK , @BylineTimes , @bywirenews , @skwawkbox @themediafund . #MDF21

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A brilliant article from ⁦ @medialens ⁩ about the silence from the media after a witness in the US case against Julian Assange admitted fabricating accusations in the indictment against the Wikileaks founder:

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New MRC research finds inaccuracies and distortions in media coverage of antisemitism and the Labour Party

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BBC Panorama on anti-semitism: a catalogue of reporting failures

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Blowing the whistle on media coverage of Julian Assange

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“If you want more working class, more disabled people in the media, you have to start paying them properly. The only thing that is stopping people isn’t aspiration, it’s finance.” @DawnHFoster at the media diversity panel #MDF2019

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@zarahsultana : “I feel comfortable speaking to @Galdemzine , @VICEUK , @novaramedia & @guardian . I plan to never speak to the @thesun , not just because I am a @LFC fan. It’s important we reach out to other media but also to have boundaries and principles.” #MDF21

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Petition: BBC must stop 'what the papers say' to avoid inevitable bias and distortion @paulmasonnews @OwenJones84

Sign the Petition

Today Programme must stop segments on 'what the papers say' to avoid bias during election

www.change.org

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The times, they are a-changin! The rise and rise of independent news media

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"The IPSO – the so-called press regulator which in seven years has never investigated or fined even one of its members – appears to be paralysed in the face of a very obvious collapse of standards at the Jewish Chronicle." - @BylineTimes

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We are pleased to announce the full line up for the #MediaDemocracyFestival Tune in from Sunday 14th March on YouTube Live or stream via our partners @TheCanaryUK @BylineTimes @bywirenews @skwawkbox @themediafund

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The longer UK media fails to hold power to account, the longer our governments will continue to lie and deceive us. There is a blatant need for change in our media scene.

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News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks held SEVEN private meetings with five senior ministers over a seven-week period in August and September 2020. @bylinetimes :

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"Like billionaire-controlled media, The Guardian misinforms its readers on the UK’s role in world". Read more from @declassifiedUK :

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The Foreign Office may have breached transparency laws by gathering info on @kennardmatt from @declassifiedUK before denying his Freedom of Information requests...

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We’re excited to announce these speakers for the Media Democracy Festival 2019! Watch this space for more announcements... Get your tickets here: #MDF2019

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This is a great piece by @ElizMizon on the toxic press about mental health and Prince Harry.

Power & Pop Culture

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This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek , the tabloid press slammed Prince Harry for talking about how the tabloid press harmed his family and their mental health. Go figure. #MentalHealthAwareness #HarryandMeghan #PrinceHarry #MensMentalHealth

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"Progressive social change is much harder to achieve if you don't have a strong, independent media that is challenging power." - @jeremycorbyn says during our #MDF21 #mediareform

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The Sun has been successfully sued for the first time – on its own – for unlawful information gathering.

Byline Investigates

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BREAKING: The Sun has caved-in on a landmark ‘phone hacking’ case

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Shameful! #Leveson2 falls by 304-295 votes after MPs equate freedom of the press with the freedom to avoid independent scrutiny & the freedom to target vulnerable individuals. @Ed_Miliband had it right: it's all about the"fear about the wrath of the press"

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Responses to the election result reveal a media system that's not fit for purpose. Short reflections for MRC from @AngelaELL @ta_mills @lazebnic @johnpilger @NatalieFenton1 @lynne_segal @jrschlosberg

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Using BBC editorial guidelines on impartiality and accuracy to evaluate the recent Panorama on anti-semitism, we identify a series of reporting failures that need addressing ASAP

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The damning new report from @cfmmuk exposes the UK media's shameful failures in covering the war on Gaza. Join us next Saturday 16th at the Media Democracy Festival, discussing these findings and more with @BritPalCommitt @IRR_News & @Hamza_a96 :

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You probably took it for granted that the media was overwhelmingly biased in favour of Israel. But now we have all the facts laid out in a new report. New video 👇

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Left wing journalists constantly attacked and derided as “activists” when right-wing commentators taken more seriously. @DawnHFoster calls for the break-up of Westminster journalism because, frankly, most ordinary people don’t care about it. Closing comments of #mdf2019

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So now it's not just Channel 4 that needs to be 'more like Netflix' but the NHS as well... when $50bn was wiped off its value in April

$50bn wiped off Netflix’s value as subscribers quit

Shares in the streaming service company slumped 35% as it warned of tough times ahead.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Boris Johnson's spokesman says the Prime Minister will transform the NHS into "a blockbuster health care system in the age of Netflix." Asked repeatedly to explain what this means, Johnson's spokesman is unable to say which features of Netflix he believes the NHS should imitate.

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How do you solve a problem like GB News? Join us this Saturday in Sheffield for an expert panel on hate, conspiracism and bias in TV news, and Ofcom's failure to regulate, ft. @MichaelLCrick @TransMediaWatch @Marcela_Pizarro & @cfmmuk . Register for free:

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From our discussion on Do Black Lives Matter? - @TheCanaryUK 's editor-at-large Kerry-Anne Mendoza ( @TheMendozaWoman ) explaining why people should "vote with their wallets" and support independent media outlets. #MDF21

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The public needs Leveson Part Two.

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After a sexual assault, a woman went to the police seeking justice, instead, they gave the details of her assault to the press. Here, Maria* [a pseudonym to protect the author's identity] bravely explains what happened

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A Free Media For A Free Society: Jeremy Corbyn

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We need Leveson Part Two if there's any hope of the mainstream media being held accountable.

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The Daniel Morgan report found evidence News UK reporters interfered in a murder investigation on behalf of the suspects. It looks like @PritiPatel is willing to let those responsible off the hook. Add your name demanding Leveson Part Two now

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"Campaigns to build a better democratic media are absolutely vital. The media is too important to be left in the hands of the few." - @jeremycorbyn #mediareform #MDF21

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“I want to remind everyone its been two years since he has been in a high security prison. He faces 105 years in prison for the same reason he has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.” - says Assange lawyer Jennifer Robinson @suigenerisjen #MDF21

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'Is the media now just another word for control?': A transcript of @johnpilger 's @BBCr4today statement. http://t.co/cMcdDttRIm @wikileaks

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"Britain’s secret political police" - a truly brilliant article from @declassifieduk by @AsaWinstanley - with the Metropolitan Police admitting for the first time to Declassified that it spied for MI5.

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"Fascinating new evidence has emerged showing just how rattled the people at GB News are by the advertising boycott organised by Stop Funding Hate, and just how desperate they are to undermine it. " - @BylineTimes

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Rupert Murdoch "has been running companies whose morals are more akin to the mafia than the media". Read ex-Cabinet Minister Chris Huhne's account of illegality & corruption at Murdoch's News Corporation from @hackinginquiry :

Illegality at the Murdoch Empire

Rupert Murdoch is not a normal media baron. The pursuit of truth has been trumpedagain and again by the pursuit of power.

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🎉The full programme for #MDF2019 is out!🎉 We're looking forward to hosting all of these speakers next Saturday and facilitating important conversations around media democracy. Join us on 16 March! Get your tickets: More info:

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🚨 REGISTRATIONS OPEN! Book your place now for this year's Media Democracy Festival 🗓Saturday 14 March 📌Clore Centre, @BirkbeckUoL 🎟Free tickets: #MDF2020

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Really looking forward to @markcurtis30 and @DCKennard sharing more about @declassifiedUK 's official launch at #MDF2020 - full programme lineup on its way now!

Declassified UK

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Watch our film about why @declassifieduk is needed.

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“Far from promoting understanding & info, too much of our press pollutes public discourse e.g. front pages vilifying migrants & benefit fraud. It’s not confined to the Mail or Sun, it goes across to BBC.” - @zarahsultana

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'The British government is spending tens of millions on media projects in Eastern Europe which are often presented as fighting “Russian disinformation”, but which may involve the UK’s own information operations' - read the @declassifiedUK article below.

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A Daily Mirror journalist was assaulted in an unprovoked attack by the police in Bristol on Friday night... but this is how they chose to frame the protests:

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PM says attacks on officers at Bristol protests "disgraceful" as 10 arrested

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We agree with @NUJofficial that the BBC judgement on Naga Munchetty is wrong. Why should calling out “evidently racist language” immediately be seen as compromising impartiality? When does reporting this as a fact become simply an opinion?

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Are you worried about untrustworthy news, billionaire media moguls and cuts to the BBC? Want to build a fairer, more democratic media? As the brilliant @juliehes says, join us on 16/03 in Sheffield for the Media Democracy Festival! Register for free at:

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The Daily Express have had to put out a clarification over a misleading headline. Last month, they reported that two people had died after getting their Covid vaccinations - but didn't make it clear that they died in situations completely unrelated to receiving the vaccines.

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Nearly 1000 likes in just over an hour - our research on negative press coverage of #Corbyn via @HuffingtonPost

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Rupert Murdoch has now invested in a new UK news channel and been granted a license to broadcast by Ofcom. Sign our petition demanding an inquiry on media ownership and stop Murdoch increasing his monopoly over our media:

Rupert Murdoch expands into UK TV: Demand an enquiry into press freedom!

MURDOCH MAFIA RETURNS TO UK TV In spite of rampant criminality exposed in Murdoch-controlled newsrooms on both sides of the Atlantic, Murdoch has been deemed fit to move back into UK TV. According to...

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More disinformation from the BBC...

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Marr just told one of the biggest lies of the pandemic, and it could impact all of us. By @MrTopple

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Looking forward to Jeremy Corbyn's opening keynote at this Saturday's Media Democracy Festival! We also have a session on BBC reform with @CatHobbs , @ta_mills @becky_gardiner and @labourlewis #MDF2020

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The BBC must be run in the interest of the people of this country. We must democratise it and defend it. If we don't the Tories will leave us with a Fox News style media, which will damage our democracy and hand more power to billionaire moguls.

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Media Democracy Festival 2019 video roundup 📽️ If you want a fairer, freer, more accountable and more representative media then support the new Media Manifesto 2019

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"“It’s one thing getting in the door of organisations that are institutionally racist. So how do you get in? When you do it often comes at the price of conformity.” - @TheMendozaWoman on Do Black Lives Matter In the Media? #MDF21

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We shouldn’t be defensive but demand reform of the BBC that is independent of power. But we also need to build our own media and develop non profit ownership models that can assist the development of a democratic media - @johnmcdonnellMP at the Media Democracy Festival

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For over 50 years, Rupert Murdoch has poisoned UK media and twisted political leaders to serve his own interests. With another Murdoch family tycoon in charge, the unaccountable & anti-democratic empire he made remains

Rupert Murdoch stepping down as chair of Fox and News Corp

Lachlan Murdoch, Murdoch’s eldest son, now seems to be his successor after seven-decade run as controversial media mogul

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Do Black Lives Matter in the Media?

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🚨The full programme for #MDF2020 is here! 🗣Keynote from @jeremycorbyn 💬Panel debates on race, war, media co-ops, tech platforms, the last election and more! 👩‍🏫workshops with @nesta_uk , @Byline_Media , @nowthenmag & @RedPeppermag Limited tickets🎟

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At the launch of the 2021 Media Democracy Festival, @jeremycorbyn speaks of how "truth-seeking journalism is under attack" while too much reporting is "little more than stenography for the powerful" #MDF2021

A Free Media For A Free Society: Jeremy Corbyn

There are many threats to a free media in the modern world - big tech, the billionaire press, the Government's take-over of the BBC. We need a free media for...

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The Media Democracy Festival is three weeks tomorrow! Our Keynote speakers are @zarahsultana & Lexie Kirkconnel-Kawana of @impressreg - many more speakers and sessions to be announced in the coming days! Book your *free* place now:

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“None of this is really about what is good for broadcasting: it is simply that, as publicly run organisations, both are antithetical to the core values of our ruling party” @OwenJones84 on why #Channel4 privatisation is a free marketeer’s fantasy

Selling off Channel 4 would be an act of cultural vandalism. Even Margaret Thatcher knew that |...

This is not about what’s best for broadcasting: it is that today’s Tory party hates the channel’s progressive output, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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From our discussion on Do Black Lives Matter? - Listen to Chenjerai Kumanyika ( @catchatweetdown ) explaining Stuart Hall's "English cup of tea" analogy:

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Check out this post by @BylineTimes , 'MURDOCH AND MORGAN The Reunion from Hell'

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To everyone attending today's Media Democracy Festival, we'll be using #mediademocracy2018 and trying to fix everything that's wrong with the media. And we will try to do it by 5pm. @DawnHFoster @mattzarb @OwenJones84

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Lord Rothmere has added another publication to the (already massive) Daily Mail portfolio after purchasing the renowned New Scientist magazine for £7m:

Daily Mail owner buys New Scientist magazine in £70m deal

The 65-year-old title is forecast to make £7m in profits this year

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"As Prince Harry calls out the British press for its cultures of attack, Dr Bethany Usher explores the history of journalism targeting specific individuals and how we might spot and counter it" - read the @BylineTimes ' article below...

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📢 SAVE THE DATE 📆 The Media Democracy Festival will be held on 14 March! After last year's election, #MDF2020 promises crucial discussions on the future of our media. Free registrations open next week. Join the mailing list now for advanced notice 📩

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Why don't the UK media hold power to account? To discuss this and more, the Media Democracy Festival is hosting a live event with @markcurtis30 , @trevorbirney , @BarryBelfast70 and @out_of_lives on Wed 17th March at 1pm. #MDF21 Sign up to the free event:

The Media & State Collusion

In a functioning democracy the media are supposed to hold power to account.

www.eventbrite.com

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Our vice chair studied the Twitter networks of @BBCNews journalists: "there is not a leftwing bias, but a political culture that is overly focused on the ruling party and the leading players in Westminster, and too often neglectful of outside perspectives"

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“According to The Guardian, Johnson “came in and made a speech, mentioning how crowded it was in the room before leaving””- read the @BylineTimes article below…

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"For democracy to function properly it's essential to have a free media that truly works for the many, not the few. The problem is that much of the British media isn’t very free at all." @jeremycorbyn at the launch of the Media Democracy Festival

A Free Media For A Free Society: Jeremy Corbyn

There are many threats to a free media in the modern world - big tech, the billionaire press, the Government's take-over of the BBC. We need a free media for...

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We have a media system that works quite well for the political system it was designed for argues @labourlewis . BBC and corporate media are increasingly geared up to defending status quo & failing to meet its Fourth Estate role over eg climate change & economic shocks #MDF2019

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“The current media establishment incl much of the public media has played an active role in creating this crisis of our democracy, the media and the government work in unison to create national narratives that are used to justify anti democratic policies.” @labourlewis #MDF21

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"Rupert Murdoch has largely lost a year-long dispute with the BBC after he objected to a documentary series that “implied he posed a threat to liberal democracy”." But he is a threat to democracy.

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hey @wikileaks pls could you help spread the word about our big #whistleblower event in London on June 1st? http://t.co/pt4Z6gxv7q

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As the tabloids speculate that a newly-announced autobiography of Prince Harry will really have been written by his wife, Richard Sanders sheds light on a 21st Century tale of racism, class and misogyny. From @BylineTimes :

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🚨The full #MDF22 schedule is out!!🚨 👇👇👇

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"We need to think big & act now if we are going to head off the threat to democracy from a media that too often holds back public interest journalism" says @jeremycorbyn . "It’s about who gets to tell their story & who gets to shape the world." #mdf2021

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3 years

Just a reminder. Source:

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Thank you everyone who joined us for @jeremycorbyn 's keynote speech opening up our Media Democracy Festival. We are hosting 11 more events over the next seven days with some excellent panelists and interesting subjects:

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3 years

GB News' owners have closer ties to the mainstream media than Andrew Neil would have you believe. From @BylineTimes :

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3 years

Misinformation isn't something that only happens out there on unregulated tech platforms. Some of our most famous news brands are part of the problem but for some reason, this isn't leading the policy agenda.

Hacked Off

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Using @FullFact research we've identified 55 fake news stories about Covid-19 published in national newspapers in 2020. AND @IpsoNews failed to take any action or uphold a complaint on any of the 55 stories. ZERO.

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We boast of an effective free press but the coverage of politics is shaming, not least reporting of Immigration & Nationality Bill that will deepen the hostile environment. We know more about bottles of wine going into Downing St than about this bill - @johnmcdonnellMP at #MDF22

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