The Gloss And Glitter Of Great Wealth

Part 2:

[THE BY THE FPF NOT SO WELL LIKED] CHOMSKY, WAS NOT HERE REFERRING TO FISK'S WORK, FOR WHICH HE HAS GREAT RESPECT.

On climate change, the paper +has+ carried several cover stories on the ever-increasing evidence of the calamity that may soon engulf us. But again, note that a major underlying cause, the profit-driven system of corporate globalisation - the determination of business maximalists to have more of everything - is not up for discussion in the paper. Should we be surprised, when the very people sitting on the company board of INM are major players driving this system forwards?

And so, it is entirely to be expected that the scope, content and background of O'Reilly's business interests and establishment networking, and those of the other board directors, are off-limits in the pages of the Independent newspapers. Somehow, we are supposed to imagine that this is not important.

Responsible journalism demands that the activities of the Independent's managers and owners (and those of other newspapers) should be accountable and transparent to its readership. Newspapers should tell us about the extensive business and establishment interests of their directors, and should reveal how much they earn from corporate advertising - and from which companies. In particular, owners and editors need to explain why they continue to accept advertising revenue from some of the very businesses whose practices are stoking up global warming, with likely catastrophic consequences.

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