Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom

The Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom is a UK pressure group, based in London.

Originally founded in 1979 as the 'Campaign for Press Freedom' by the London Workers' Control Committee (on the instigation of that body's Secretary, the journalist John Jennings), the organisation was established to campaign for a more democratic and accountable press following the perceived malign influence of an overwhelmingly Tory supporting newspaper industry in the General Election of that year. The CPF later added broadcasting to its remit and now campaigns for a more democratic media, which is both accountable and more pluralistic than at present.[1]

Its campaigns have promoted media freedom, public service broadcasting, and greater equality of representation in public media. In 2008, for example, it protested about television programmes which had been funded to promote UK government policies.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Memorandum by the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom". Written Evidence to Select Committee on the BBC Charter Review. Parliament UK. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Sawer, Patrick; Isaby, Jonathan (2 August 2008). "Inquiry into television shows funded by ministers". Telegraph. Retrieved 10 October 2018.


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