Don Foster: Media plurality rules aren’t good enough
June 30, 2011 2:00 PM
Originally published by UK Liberal Democrats
Originally published by UK Liberal Democrats
"Jeremy Hunt has assiduously followed the rules on media plurality laid down by the last Government. But those rules aren't good enough and are failing to inspire public confidence.
"The last Labour Government originally didn't even want general media plurality rules. Our current, watered down protections were only introduced after a long battle in the House of Lords.
"We need an independent commission to look at plurality and come up with protections that can be trusted."