Dozens of MPs have urged the Culture Secretary to block the Abu Dhabi-backed takeover of The Telegraph owing to concerns about the threat to press freedom.
you sayjournalism needs democracy, that s the last thing abu dhabi provides, is it not? i mean, imi controls other media titles, the national, for example, a daily newspaper in english. for example, the story of princess latifa, member of the dubai ruling family, fled dubai in 2018, was forcibly returned. it was a big story in the western press. the national didn t cover it at all. are you seriously saying that journalists will be free to roam wherever they want given the ownership? i can guarantee that journalists will be free to roam wherever they want. there will be no involvement from imi, that s underpinned in our guarantees to the uk government through ofcom, that there will be complete and total editorial independence. we have now committed to an editorial trust board and that editorial board will have three specific responsibilities to ensure the editorial independence of these titles. that all disputes are handled, if they arise, by that editorial trust board. and that edito
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The Abu Dhabi-backed fund pursuing a takeover of The Telegraph is pinning its hopes on an “editorial charter” and a trust of media luminaries it says will protect journalism.