tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440117683736860632.post1907910007403315060..comments2023-08-31T15:14:58.287-07:00Comments on London Green Left Blog: Are Lefty Readers Deserting The Guardian?Mike Shaughnessyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16796480031110991460noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440117683736860632.post-42442562728160145752016-09-06T11:19:47.299-07:002016-09-06T11:19:47.299-07:00I prefer some of the online news websites, such as...I prefer some of the online news websites, such as Sodium Haze and Counterfire which have more in-depth articles than you ever find in the Guardian which is now seriously rubbishTom Mapfumohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13304483180200346996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440117683736860632.post-32808136459151130932016-09-06T11:09:07.599-07:002016-09-06T11:09:07.599-07:00Having dominant right-wing media is a political ch...Having dominant right-wing media is a political choice, not an inevitable fact of life. Too many past Labour governments have supinely decided to live with the media hostility which is guaranteed by letting rich individuals and corporations own and control the media and push right-wing political values. One reason this has gone unchallenged is that right-wing Labour governments have themselves adopted such values and corresponding policies, or bought into the myth of the free press. But a freedom which only rich people can exercise isn't a freedom at all, but a minority's privilege - which in the case of the media has been outrageously abused and needs to be withdrawn.<br /><br />More democratic structures are perfectly feasible. We should press vigorously for legislation to put in place thoroughgoing media reform. For example, the dominant mass circulation newspapers could be reconstituted as a series of one person one vote co-ops. Editorial policies can then be set by democratic vote, and no longer predictably serve the political interests of wealthy proprietors and big corporations.<br />Rainboroughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440117683736860632.post-20445186762712649162016-09-06T10:56:41.046-07:002016-09-06T10:56:41.046-07:00Thanks Robert. One of my infamous typos! Mind, it ...Thanks Robert. One of my infamous typos! Mind, it is not as though the Guardian is immune to that.Mike Shaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16796480031110991460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440117683736860632.post-52013544935249787772016-09-06T10:42:20.725-07:002016-09-06T10:42:20.725-07:00You may like to take one of the two ares out of th...You may like to take one of the two ares out of the title to this piece.Robert Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09624582027734837109noreply@blogger.com