Tag: European media freedom act
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Avoiding local realities because the world is a horrible place
Since the world around us is a horrible place, marked by genocidal wars in Gaza and Ukraine, there is plenty of convenient alienation from the stories and realities we face today: like putting one’s head in the sand or refusing to face one’s own reflection. Our local academics excel at avoiding any risk (or much…
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Public Broadcaster falls under EU scrutiny as European Media Freedom Act comes into force
The EU’s European Media Freedom Act has come into force today effectively regularising public broadcasters and putting them under its scrutiny. The European Board for Media Services will be responsible for the enforcement of the act. Malta’s public broadcaster, the Public Broadcasting Services is braced for a wide-range of reforms and changes if the act…
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It’s the Maltese government that was in favor of spying on journalists not Roberta Metsola
Yesterday, Saviour Balzan’s pro-Labour rag, Illum, published a very bizarre editorial and caricature which I could not make heads and tails of. It started with an attack on Ivan Camilleri, a previous Times of Malta journalist who was accused of tipping off Yorgen Fenech before his arrest. I don’t know what’s the point of bringing…
