The UK reined in Rupert Murdoch. Why can’t we stop Vincent Bolloré in France? Julia Cagé
almost 3 years in The guardian
The billionaire is poised to gobble up titles like Paris Match and publisher Hachette. Europe must intervene to uphold media freedomThe Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, adopted by France in 1789 to enshrine the principles of the French Revolution, noted that “the free communication of thoughts and of opinions is one of the most precious rights of man: any citizen thus may speak, write, print freely”.Today’s French constitution echoes that same defence of the “freedom, pluralism and independence of the media”. Continue reading...
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