TORIES INVOLVING THEMSELVES IN PUTTING ALLIES IN MEDIA
... "The government has vetoed the re-appointment of two women to Channel 4’s board of directors, including one of only two women of colour, in a sign ministers are continuing to assert their authority over senior media appointments.
GOVERNMENT GETTING TOO INVOLVED IN CHOOSING APPOINTMENTS
The decision not to renew the boardroom positions of Uzma Hasan and Fru Hazlitt at the state-owned but privately funded broadcaster was made against the advice of both the Channel 4 board and the media regulator, Ofcom."...
... "Both women were recommended for another three-year term on the broadcaster’s board, sources told the Guardian, with such reappointments usually waved through by the government.
However, ministers have instead decided to seek new candidates, as part of a wider push that has led to the appointment of Conservative allies to leading media roles."...
... "Although Downing Street has no formal role in the appointments process, sources suggested the decision was influenced by officials working in No 10.
The government is increasingly blocking reappointments to public sector roles, to bring in new individuals to organisations.
RACISM?
... "Of the eight remaining non-executive board members, seven are white men, despite the fact that part of the broadcaster’s remit is to improve diversity in the media."...
FIGHT PRIVATISATION OF CHANNEL 4, PUBLIC BROADCASTER
The intervention is also set to renew the debate over a possible privatisation of Channel 4, which has been a favoured proposal of the broadcasting minister, John Whittingdale, for many years."...
WIDELY SHARE PETITION SO NEW PARTIES ON THE LEFT CAN GET FULL AND FREE ACCESS especially now during local elections MAY 6
Media is shutting out new parties on the Left altogether. Television is where voters get the majority of their information on who to vote for.