{"id":1420133,"date":"2022-04-05T13:29:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T17:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1420133"},"modified":"2022-04-05T13:29:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T17:29:55","slug":"seedbed-of-fascism-left-blasts-plan-to-privatise-uk-public-broadcaster-channel-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seedbed-of-fascism-left-blasts-plan-to-privatise-uk-public-broadcaster-channel-4\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Seedbed of Fascism&#039; &#8212; Left Blasts Plan to Privatise UK Public Broadcaster Channel 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fseedbed-of-fascism-left-blasts-plan-to-privatise-uk-public-broadcaster-channel-4%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1420133&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">LONDON (AP) \u2013 The British government faced a backlash from opponents and the television industry on Tuesday over plans to sell publicly-owned broadcaster Channel 4.<\/p>\n<p>The Conservative government said privatizing the channel would help it compete with streaming services and \u201cthrive in the face of a rapidly-changing media landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries said on Twitter that government ownership was \u201cholding Channel 4 back from competing against streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The government has just confirmed its intention to \u2018privatise\u2019 Channel 4. This is not freedom or independence \u2013 its the seedbed of fascism<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Claudia Webbe MP (@ClaudiaWebbe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClaudiaWebbe\/status\/1511076028625694721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But critics say privatization will wreck a channel that has backed acclaimed shows such as \u201cBlack Mirror,\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s a Sin\u201d and \u201cDerry Girls,\u201d as well as highly regarded news and documentary programs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Tories&#8217; plan to privatise Channel 4 has nothing to do with it competing with Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>It has everything to do with neutering critical reporting and trashing public service broadcasting.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s cultural vandalism and must be opposed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zarahsultana\/status\/1511304020635230211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Channel 4 was founded in 1982 to make programs for audiences under-served by existing broadcasters. It is owned by the government, but funded through advertising.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcaster said it was disappointed by the government\u2019s decision, saying it had been made without \u201crecognizing the significant public interest concerns which have been raised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unions and industry groups also criticized the decision. John McVay, chief executive of Pact, a trade body for independent production companies, said Channel 4\u2019s programs are made by independent producers around the U.K., and selling it \u201crisks reducing the opportunities for independent producers, and reducing the amount of programming commissioned outside London.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lucy Powell, culture and media spokeswoman for the opposition Labour Party, said \u201cSelling off Channel 4, which doesn\u2019t cost the taxpayer a penny anyway, to what is likely to be a foreign company, is cultural vandalism.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018You\u2019ve Got Me\u2019: Feminist Cathy Newman Crumbles in Channel 4 Interview with \u2018Controversial\u2019 Prof. Jordan Peterson <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C8xYC66HB1\">https:\/\/t.co\/C8xYC66HB1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/953663227744935938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dorothy Byrne, Channel 4\u2019s former head of news and current affairs, alleged that the privatization was intended as \u201ca bit of red meat\u201d to Conservative supporters, many of whom think Channel 4 News has a left-wing bias.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChannel 4 is not there to compete with Netflix and Amazon,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u00b4s there to provide a public service to the people of Britain.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON (AP) \u2013 The British government faced a backlash from opponents and the television industry on Tuesday over plans to sell publicly-owned broadcaster Channel 4. 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