"The far right has a long list of targets. Immigrants. Taxes. The left in general. Those who advocate solidarity or the values upon which an increasingly blurred international order rests. And public media corporations have now become a top target. The goal of these far-right attacks is the same: to erode trust in a key pillar of information alongside the independent press, which is also under fire."
"Should they come to power, their promise is to strangle public media corporations many of them highly prestigious globally or to bring them under their control. The recent high-profile case involving Britain's BBC and U.S. President Donald Trump, who accused the broadcaster of manipulating one of his speeches, is perhaps the most paradigmatic. But it is not the only one. Also in the United Kingdom, Nigel Farage's far-right party, Reform UK, has long targeted the BBC, which is historically renowned for its quality standards."
Far-right forces target immigrants, taxes, the left, solidarity, and public media corporations as part of a broader effort to undermine democratic information channels. The attacks aim to erode trust in public broadcasters and independent press by vilifying, controlling, or dismantling public media institutions. High-profile confrontations include accusations against Britain’s BBC and concerted campaigns by parties such as Reform UK, France’s National Rally, Germany’s AfD, and Spain’s Vox. Tactics include harsh criticism, disinformation, espionage, hybrid-digital warfare, and media takeovers, with notable pressure in Eastern European countries including Poland, Slovakia, Malta, and Hungary.
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