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14/04/2016

Media We Need

BBC Radio 4 - Free Speech, Media We Need

Timothy Garton Ash asks whether we really have a free press.

Timothy Garton Ash explores free speech in the media and asks whether we really have a free press.

Timothy Garton Ash asks whether we have the media we need to really exercise our right to freedom of expression? He examines the diversity of voices across the media landscape and wonders whether the ownership structure of Britain's media industry is conducive to free speech. Are we able to understand what is happening in our government so we can exercise clear judgment on public policy? Are we being told the Truth with a capital T? With the advent of the internet, there is a plethora of ways in which we are now communicating, especially using social media networks like Facebook. But is the algorithm used for news feeds showing us only what we want to see, rather than what we need to see? 
Producer: Nina Robinson

(Illustration by Luis Ruibal).

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Author Timothy Garton Ash examines one of the most hotly debated subjects of our time.

In five essays, author and expert on free speech Timothy Garton Ash examines one of the most hotly debated subjects of our time.

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