Непрозрачните медии – сянката на съмнениетo
The Lack of Media Transparency – Roots and Possible Solutions

Author(s): Todor Belenski
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Media studies, Communication studies, Fake News - Disinformation
Published by: Факултет по журналистика и масова комуникация, Софийски университет „Св. Кл. Охридски”
Keywords: doubt; journalism; media; transparency
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the report is to draw attention to the lack of transparency in the media environment in Bulgaria. A concrete proposal is to create a public register and make it clear and transparent who finances, manages, and determines the editorial policy of the media. This will dispel doubts about political and/or corporate interference that distorts the purely journalistic prism. The report also examines the legislative and legal framework of the issue, the current regulations, and, accordingly, the gaps in them. The lack of a special press law is reported as a problem. There is not one or two examples from the Bulgarian reality in which the question of their ownership turns the media themselves into “clubs”, into a means of confrontation between political opponents and business competitors. Transparency at the public level, to some extent, can be a step in the right direction.

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