Somos Majadahonda e Izquierda Unida presentan una moción por la pluralidad de la publicidad institucional en los medios de comunicación

July 21, 2017 / infomajadahonda.com Somos Majadahonda junto con Izquierda Unida presentan en el próximo Pleno Municipal de Majadahonda del mes de julio, una moción para la supresión del uso de la contratación menor en los servicios de la publicidad institucional del Ayuntamiento. “Desde Somos Majadahonda hemos observando como la publicidad institucional del Ayuntamiento de Majadahonda se repite año tras…

Europa advierte de la falta de independencia en los medios de comunicación

July 18, 2017 / By prnoticias.com ¿Son los medios de comunicación europeos verdaderamente independientes? Aunque aparentemente los países occidentalizados tienen presumen de su libertad de información un estudio encargado por la Unión Europea pone en cuestión esta afirmación. El documento, emitido por el Centro de Estudio de Política Europea bajo el nombre de Análisis comparativo…

Passion over censorship

7 July, 2017 / By Mykola Riabchuk, New Eastern Europe Not long ago, the reputable Denmark-based international watchdog Freemuse, which monitors the freedom of artistic expression around the globe, published its annual report, titled “Art under threat”. One of the highlighted pieces from the report stated that “Ukraine in 2016 topped the list as the worst…

German leaders deny Saudi ‘reports’ attributed to them

5 July, 2017 / By Gulf Times German Parliament President Norbert Lammert and German Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Claudia Roth have both denied rumours circulated in Saudi media of statements attributed to them by Saudi Minister of Culture and Information, Awwad bin Saleh al-Awwad, on the Gulf crisis. Al Jazeera quoted sources inside the German Bundestag…

Strangulating Al-Jazeera

4 July, 2017 / By Murtaza Shibli, The News The unending siege of Qatar, which started in the middle of the holy month of Ramazan, continues unabated sans any hope for an easy and early settlement. The powerful blocs of the Gulf kingdoms have displayed scant regard the much-hyped Arab or Muslim camaraderie. They have even…

Rupert Murdoch’s Sky takeover has been denied for now – but the plurality of our media is still at risk

June 29, 2017 / by Neena Gill, The Independent. Even though phone-hacking is now a dark part of its history, Murdoch’s media empire continues to churn out partisan and sometimes highly abusive content.   One of the things that makes me proud to be British is our freedom to feel, think and say largely whatever we…

Reconstructing the power vertical: the authoritarian threat in Ukraine

June 29, 2017 / by Mikhail Minakov, Opendemocracy Eastern Europe has become a source of short- and long-term risks for the entire European continent. Inter-state conflicts, authoritarianism and illiberalism seem to permanently dwell here and increase the threats to democracy in other parts of Europe. With the commence of the Russian-Ukrainian war and annexation of…