The 1971 call for a ban against cor...

The 1971 call for a ban against corporate ownership of one as well as the other newspaper and broadcast media is gooded again. And a trust arrangement is propos to make each newspaper in a chain editorially independent and "democratic." Cross-ownership is called a "a combination against the public interest" that "limits the character and scope of information that reaches the public" and is said to be "contrary to democracy." extracts from evidence to the Senate Committee forward Transport and Communications, Ottawa, April 29 2003

Generally, and particularly in chiefly Canadian situations, we must recognize that attracting the readers, viewers and listeners sought on ...