The media’s job is to inform and entertain us but we rely on them too to tell us what our rulers and representatives are up to. In the run-up to the Iraq war the government used spin and disinformation in the media to create panic and mislead people. The truth is coming out now, but we need stronger, more independent media to be able to scrutinise governments and make informed choices.
The Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom (CPBF) has published a media manifesto to help people raise the questions with politicians of all parties and press for the policies to enable the media to hold them accountable
http://www.cpbf.org.uk/mediamanifesto
