Re: But but but - great distraction and cover story for A. Clooney. Meanwhile, UK to double down ...Archived Message
Posted by margo on July 10, 2019, 2:12 pm, in reply to "But but but"
How to fashion an Orwellian art-performance promoting 'media freedom' and 'improved business models':
-- Mention many of the same points Julian Assange and Wikileaks have been making and pioneering for years ... without ever breathing The Names That Shall Not Be Mentioned
-- Ban RT journalists ... whilst simultaneously throwing millions at BBC journos
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UK aid to offer 'bold new support' to promote its propaganda around the world
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UK aid will help media experts, charities, the private sector and academics, to pioneer new approaches to keeping media outlets free and independent Today’s new UK aid package of up to £15 million will be provided by the Department for International Development. This includes up to £12 million for a consortium led by BBC Media Action to help existing media improve their business models. .
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A NEW UK Aid Package is to help promote media freedom in developing countries around the world, International Development Minister Harriet Baldwin MP has announced today (10 July 2019).
One programme will look at creative ways for independent media outlets in countries such as Ethiopia, Bangladesh and Sierra Leone to develop better business models, by helping them for example to cut production costs and find new funding streams.
Another will encourage community groups and journalists to work together to develop strong, independent media outlets in countries, where historically journalists have enjoyed less freedom.
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UK aid will help media experts, charities, the private sector and academics, to pioneer bold new approaches to keeping media outlets free and independent, and give them the power to report the truth.
This is in everyone’s interests. If people are able to hold their governments to account using reliable information, they can better understand their rights and demand better services, such as healthcare and education.
The Governments of the UK and Canada are co-hosting the Global Conference for Media Freedom today and tomorrow (10 and 11 July 2019) which aims to defend media freedom and improve the safety of journalists across the world.[...]
Today’s new UK aid package of up to £15 million will be provided by the Department for International Development.
This includes up to £12 million for a consortium led by BBC Media Action to help existing media improve their business models.
Up to another £3 million will go on the Aswat Horra programme, headed up by The Institute for War and Peace Reporting, which will support media outlets in countries where a free media is less established.
DFID is strongly committed to developing strong and free media institutions as a vital part of achieving Global Goal 16, to support peace, justice and strong institutions.
The new programmes come on top of an announcement for £12 million made in March 2019 for the PROTECT (Protecting Rights Openness and Transparency, enhancing civic transformation) Programme which aims to improve media freedom within developing countries. In total, DFID has committed up to £27 million to protect media freedom this year.