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Chamber and committees

Media Diversity and Democracy

  • Submitted by: Bill Wilson, West of Scotland, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 October 2010
  • Motion reference: S3M-07205

That the Parliament believes that meaningful democracy depends on an educated and informed electorate and that an important element in this is a vibrant and diverse media, unafraid of voicing opinions that do not necessarily accord with the opinions of those who wield political or economic power; expresses the wish, therefore, that the UK Government oppose Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to increase his company’s share of BSkyB, and considers that he already has several newspapers and the Fox channel and so the public are adequately acquainted with the Murdoch perspective.