Community media could air state messages - MP

By Nathalie Thomas, Third Sector, 2 May 2007

A backbench MP has suggested that government departments should fund community TV and radio stations to help spread central public information messages.

The proposal by Ian Stewart, Labour MP for Eccles, has raised fears about editorial independence among some charity broadcasters. Stewart, who is also chair of the all-party parliamentary community media group, made the suggestion during a debate on the future of community media in Parliament last week. He said government...

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