Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-11-18-Speech-1-068"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-11-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Media2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021118.4.1-068"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-11-18-Speech-1-0692
lpv:speaker	lp:Guido Bodrato2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3,3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Partito popolare italiano (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the media system has developed alongside democracy, but our impression is that there has for some time been growing conflict between the two and that there is a tendency towards concentration, the result of which is, in practice, less democracy. The media has an extraordinary influence over society, but I believe we have to realise that there is only one way to resist the domination of North American investments in the media and advertising industry and that does not involve media concentration in European Union countries. In Italy, the President was moved to send a message to parliament on the matter, but I would also like to point out that the highest moral authority, Pope John Paul II, has called for clear, fair rules guaranteeing pluralism, freedom and participation, to avoid the abuse of what are extremely powerful tools having a devastating impact on people’s consciences and society. I would, however, like to point out that this issue affects other sectors as well as politics. During the recent hearing organised by the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats on television without frontiers, a reporter noted that television is exacerbating the commercialisation of sport and the concentration of advertising resources. Thus, there is a growing divide between the few wealthy sports and the poor sports, and the link between television, advertising, sports rights and the owners of the major football teams is becoming increasingly close. Public television networks can provide alternatives to these tendencies, but we all know that, in the world in which we live, in a liberal society, private, commercial television companies play a major role. However, this role must not be allowed to develop in such a way that the extraordinary power to influence public opinion is concentrated in the hands of a few."@en1

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