Irish Clare Daly MEP - Our Mainstream media is captured

Irish MEP Clare Daly: "We must recognise our media - strangled by money - is anything but free."
"I look at the media that we have, and I don't see much freedom. Our media is strangled by money. It's hobbled by fear. For most media organizations, access to power is far more important than holding power to account. Careers depend on toeing the line. Balance sheets demand a constant churn of stories, stories that are recycled from official statements, press releases, and social media anywhere but out in the world. Anything but upset the status quo."
"If We Want To Hold Ourselves As The Defenders Of Media Freedom, We Have To Recognize That Our Mainstream Media Is Anything But Free"
"The media is a water carrier for political and corporate power, dedicated to enforcing the demand of global capital."
14 December, 2022
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