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The last year has been marked by several incidents indicating undue interference by politicians into news media, along with new policy measures to increase support to the industry and improve transparency over public sector advertising contracts.
Trust in news and in Austrian news brands are both down significantly this year, partly due to the influential role of tabloid newspapers in a scandal that forced the resignation of the chancellor. The media are also blamed for increasing polarisation about COVID vaccines and lockdown measures.
"It appears that leading news media, irrespective of language, culture, size, and location of the country, share rather similar problems when it comes to their role in democracy. Solutions, however, differ considerably." The Media for Democracy Monitor (MDM) evaluates the performance of leading news media in contemporary, mature democracies.