Mass Media in Britain as a mirror reflection of the reality

Mass Media in Britain as a mirror reflection of the reality.

In every modern country the press, radio and television are political weapons of tremendous power. Although the press in Great Britain is legally free, the danger lies in the fact that the majority of people are not aware of the ownership. The press in fact is controlled by a comparatively small number of persons. Consequently, when the readers see different newspapers providing the same news and expressing similar opinions they are not sure that the news, and the evaluation of the news, are determined by a single group of people, perhaps even by one person. In democratic countries it has long been assumed that government ought, in general, to do what their people want them to do.
The relationship between politics, politicians, and the media is a matter of increasingly contentious public debate. As politicians' awareness of the importance of the media becomes more sophisticated, and as changes in media technology and control proliferate, questions around this relationship become more complex and pressing.