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Our media is not fit for purpose.
More than ever we need an independent media in this country – to help hold power to account.
To achieve this, we need media that is truly free of corporate and government influence – especially their money, and their power.
That’s why I am proud to be part of a group of independent media organisations who are setting up The Media Fund.
You can get a lot more detailed information about the project here:
The Media Fund: help finance the UKs media revolution
With a little funding, I am personally aiming to launch a new investigative organisation – Torchlight UK – which will be attempting to shine a light into the dark corners of the UK establishment, revealing and making public hidden connections between UK politicians, media and big business.
Please help by either making a donation to the fund, or help spread the word by sharing this article – as well as these links on social media:
Thank you.
Pride's Purge 
How will your Torchlight be doing things different from what Private Eye already does?
[It won’t be run by a secret Lib Dem supporter for a start: Ian Hislop comes out on BBC Question Time] -TOM
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Our media ARE not fit for purpose. (There is more than one medium; ‘media’ embraces print and electronic etc formats.)
[Oh dear – you’ve made the mistake of arguing with a self-confessed grammar geek. So take a deep breath.
The word ‘Media’ is a collective noun, and as many collective nouns it can be used both as an uncountable noun (like for example ‘water’) and as a countable noun (for example ‘chair’). Uncountable nouns only take a singular verb (the water is cold) and are not used in the plural unlike countable nouns which can be plural (the chairs are white). The word ‘Media’ can be used both uncountably (the media is powerful) or countably (the media are going crazy). Therefore ‘media is’ and ‘media are’ are both correct. However, to me using the word ‘media’ countably sounds a little unnatural – most usage is as an uncountable collective noun. You may also be making the mistake I think of being too logical about grammar. There isn’t much logic when it comes to countability or uncountability of nouns in English. For example, the word ‘money’ is uncountable in English grammar, although money, the actual thing, is obviously countable. But you can never say ‘Money are …’ – in English it’s grammatically incorrect. Many other languages are more logical than English and the word ‘money is countable (in Russian for example). So, in short – you’re right but so am I!] – TOM
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Reblogged this on Westelle's Evie Vee, 21 years in UK (Vonckist).
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Frankly, gentiles cannot control their own media & never could.
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Great idea Tom Pride! Skewer agrees media in the UK is not balanced
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You may want to change the name to spotlight as I think torchlight was the mouthpiece of the fascist organisation column 88 or national front if my memory serves me right!
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A much needed task but isn’t the Guardian independent and supported by its readers.
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