I ripped a page out of The Economist a few weeks ago which described fears of declining media freedom across Eastern Europe and the negative impact on democracy.
It describes one leader who wants to impose a media council, claiming that it will “upgrade the interest of the public above the interest of the publishers” but is really just a muzzle used to intimidate the press.
Unsurprisingly, “[the leader] has a prickly relationship with the media, which have harried his government for inertia and alleged corruption. He declines to give interviews and sometimes even to take questions from critical journalists.”
It also talks about the problems of “politicisation of public broadcasting” where political interference undermines media freedom and distorts the flow of accurate information. “Politicised public broadcasting is a useful tool to manipulate the voters.”
It’s full of familiar stuff in the New Bermuda.
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