The Backlash Against Emily Maitlis Just Underlines the Problem

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The UK has an almost entirely right-wing news media ecosystem, so much so that some might view it as a snake pit. National newspapers are almost entirely owned by multimillionaires, if not billionaires. Most daily nationals do not make a profit from newspaper sales but are dependent on rich manipulators of culture to keep them afloat and the advertising spend of big, often highly…