Labour Must Fight the Establishment Media Moguls
Labour looks set to abandon a decade of commitment to media reform. Rather than seeking in vain to appease the media elite, the party can and should promote an alternative model of press pluralism.
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Florence Wildblood is a journalist covering media and corruption. She works primarily for Byline Media’s investigations arm and its sister book publisher, Yellow Press.
Labour looks set to abandon a decade of commitment to media reform. Rather than seeking in vain to appease the media elite, the party can and should promote an alternative model of press pluralism.
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