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Collusion between media and extreme political groups

  • Covert funding of extreme political groups by the press

Incidence

One of the world's largest media barons, Rupert Murdoch, was secretly funding an extreme right-wing pressure group in the UK. Some of the money was used to support production of a "monthly intelligence analysis" of the extreme left, including labour politicians, which was circulated privately to "political leaders, Conservative members of parliament, journalists and others, including the Prime Minister of the day, Margaret Thatcher.

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Colluding
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Extremism
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Covert
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Collusion
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Subject
  • Communication » Media
  • Communication » Press
  • Commerce » Finance
  • Government » Political
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    Language
    English
    Last update
    Nov 28, 2022