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I don't know how relevant this is to the american media, but here in small european countries, media corruption is rampant: government agencies (in particular m

I don't know how relevant this is to the american media, but here in small european countries, media corruption is rampant: government agencies (in particular ministries) bribe newspapers and magazines with expensive ads in order to avoid the (rightfully) bad press and possibly investigative journalism.

mercurial 13y ago
I live in a small European country (Denmark) and I'm not aware of this behaviour. Do you have more specifics?
- johnchristopher 13y ago
  I would guess (based on wild and unsubstantiated assertions on my part) that parent is referring to eastward European countries such as the Balkans.
  - lazyjones 13y ago
    I don't know whether the Balkans still live up to that reputation, but Austria certainly does ...
  - gadders 13y ago
    Or The Guardian in the UK, which almost exclusively carries local government and civil service jobs. Obviously even this won't work with a Conservative (led) government.
    - mercurial 13y ago
      Are you simultaneously arguing the Guardian is bribed by the government and that the UK is a "small country"?
      - gadders 13y ago
        Only the former. If it wasn't for government ads and Autotrader (owned by the parent group) it would have folded long ago.
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epo 13y ago
Citation required.
- lazyjones 13y ago
  here you are: http://www.viennareview.net/news/austria-briefs http://www.viennareview.net/news/austria-briefs (just one of many similar cases)