Jeremy Corbyn Quotes

I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and we seem to be moving away from that.

For me, what's a more important question is how we get at least the option of more diverse experiences in this media.

A functional media is as important to democratic freedom as voting.

The media is too concentrated, too few people own too much. There's really five companies that control 90 percent of what we read, see and hear. It's not healthy.

I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana.

In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.

Vigorous independent and critical media are indispensable in a democracy.

There is no independent American print or TV media.

We need a free media, not just freedom of speech.

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.

I think it's a good thing to have a lot of voices in the media, and I think, you know, let all flowers bloom.

Almost anything is better than three network TV outlets completely controlling the national discourse with their nightly broadcasts. We've moved a long way from that, and that's important.

Common sense tells us that this explosion of media sources should eliminate any concern over a lack of diversity of views in the marketplace and competition.

Our founding fathers could not have foreseen that freedom of the press might eventually be threatened just as much by media consolidation as by government.

To be honest with you, I worry about concentration of ownership in media, where you have a handful of media conglomerates largely controlling what we see, hear and read.

A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.

Television is the medium through which society communicates its democratic values.

You can't have a free democracy if you don't have a free media that can provide vital and independent information to the people.

We need a free press. We must have it. It's vital.

There's diversity in nature, so why not the media?

In fact, the media should not be run by the government at all.

It is an axiom of political science in the United States that the sole means of neutralizing the effects of newspapers is to multiply their number.

There is no more important struggle for American democracy than ensuring a diverse, independent and free media. Free Press is at the heart of that struggle.

Town after town has but one newspaper or one radio station. It is often owned by Murdoch. Yes, we don't have as much freedom of the press as we think we have - although the traditional freedom of speech is strongly rooted in American culture.

I am not against privatisation of the media channels but I stand for a strong regulation and transparency.