Media industry
fromwww.theguardian.com
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US Secretary of Defense criticizes CNN's coverage of the US-Israel war, highlighting concerns over media control and independence.
A sitting president publicly signaling that he wants CNN sold is corrosive. It is abnormal for the White House to treat the ownership of a major news network as a matter of personal interest. When regulatory atmospherics appear to align with presidential preference, that warrants scrutiny.
The death of media freedom and independence, once you have seen it, hardly ever unfolds in new or surprising ways. From the majority world to the minority world, media freedom and independence do not disappear in ways that makes one surprised at the novelty of disappearance. They die in very path-dependent and boring ways, more often than not with the help of news organizations and actors. Knowingly or unknowingly - but still with their help.
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