You’re probably correct Jim. My point was that there are a variety of newspapers supporting both sides of the issue.
The Observer's view...
Re: The Observer's view...
Re: The Observer's view...
Shocking.Jim B wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 12:40 pm Allan
You see, it's articles like the one below in the Independent that the Brexit Press don't print because they don't want to publish anything negative. There is only a very limited press that is not under the control of the three media barons who are pushing for Brexit.
Jim
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... ssion=true
Re: The Observer's view...
We like to believe in the independence of the Uk media.... in reality, it never has been.
In the Scottish Independence vote, the BBC fully supported a No vote and made it plain they backed the "unionist" argument.
Both sides of the coin see the BBC as biased to the other - so maybe it's close to neutral, but Sky and many others aren't.
In newspapers.....
Effective owner(s)
% of combined print and online (print alone)
Lord Rothermere
27.3 (27.8)
Rupert Murdoch
24.9 (27.9)
Trinity Mirror plc
13.0 (13.9)
Alexander and Evgeny Lebedev
10.6 (10.1)
Richard Desmond
8.2 (9.2)
Scott Trust
7.3 (4.7)
David and Frederick Barclay
6.8 (5.1)
Pearson plc
1.8 (1.5)
Over a quarter (27.3 per cent) of the press is owned by Lord Rothermere and 24.9 per cent by Rupert Murdoch – between them these two men have over 50 per cent of the printed press.
Over three quarters (77.8 per cent) of the press is owned by a handful of billionaires. There are only 88 billionaires among the 63 million people in the UK and most of the barons do not even live in the UK.
In the Scottish Independence vote, the BBC fully supported a No vote and made it plain they backed the "unionist" argument.
Both sides of the coin see the BBC as biased to the other - so maybe it's close to neutral, but Sky and many others aren't.
In newspapers.....
Effective owner(s)
% of combined print and online (print alone)
Lord Rothermere
27.3 (27.8)
Rupert Murdoch
24.9 (27.9)
Trinity Mirror plc
13.0 (13.9)
Alexander and Evgeny Lebedev
10.6 (10.1)
Richard Desmond
8.2 (9.2)
Scott Trust
7.3 (4.7)
David and Frederick Barclay
6.8 (5.1)
Pearson plc
1.8 (1.5)
Over a quarter (27.3 per cent) of the press is owned by Lord Rothermere and 24.9 per cent by Rupert Murdoch – between them these two men have over 50 per cent of the printed press.
Over three quarters (77.8 per cent) of the press is owned by a handful of billionaires. There are only 88 billionaires among the 63 million people in the UK and most of the barons do not even live in the UK.
