General Article We’re fine as we are, press tells EU as Brussels plans media freedom law

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The new proposal aims to protect media organizations from political and economic meddling – but publishers worry it could interfere in their business.

By Clothilde Goujard

Brussels has put forward a new law to protect deteriorating media freedom and pluralism across Europe – but press publishers argue it will have the opposite effect.

The European Media Freedom Act proposal aims to buffer newsrooms from political and media magnates’ meddling and limit the buildup of massive media conglomerate...

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