E031: LIVE with Aman Sethi, Banseka Kayemba and Liz Pendleton on the state of the media

We’re living in an age of media capture. Rupert Murdoch built newsrooms that ran on scandal, entrapment, and phone hacking, filling tabloids with “tits and gossip”. In return for flattering coverage, successive governments helped clear the runway for his ever-expanding media monopoly. Billionaires and hedge funds buying up national and local titles, gutting newsrooms, and turning journalism into a vehicle for shareholder returns. And now, a deranged band of tech bro-oligarchs shape how information spreads online. We’ve seen Elon Musk amplify hateful speech to mass audiences with a single click – fueling real-world violence on our streets. Something needs to change.That’s why we’ve launched our membership campaign: News You Own, Can’t Be Bought - a call to reclaim journalism as a public good, and build a people-powered newsroom in our city. This live recording brings together people fighting to change the system – through policy, campaigning, and alternative newsroom models.Join Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins in conversation with Aman Sethi, editor-in-chief of openDemocracy, Banseka Kayemba, Director of Naked Politics, and Liz Pendleton, co-founder of the Media Revolution, as we ask: what would it take to take the media back?  The Bristol Cable is one of the UK’s only independent, investigative local papers. Become a co-owner of the cooperative.