Article in The Guardian by Arwa Mahdawi, 12/15/25
Headline: “It’s the media’s job to hold power to account. This year, too many got into bed with it instead”
Subhead: “The lines between advertising, public relations and journalism have become dangerously blurred”
“. . .Journalists should work without fear or favor. Whether writing about foreign policy or new technology, our focus should be on the truth, not cozying up to the powerful or making corporations look good.
“And yet here we are, in a world where the lines between advertising, public relations and journalism are dangerously blurred; where once-respected media institutions have been hijacked by billionaires like Jeff Bezos, the Murdoch family, and Larry Ellison and turned into strategic megaphones. Where politicians are sold to the public with the same cynical strategies with which ad-people market alcohol. Guinness is good for you? Authoritarianism is even better!. . .”
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