False. Official UK media-plurality materials around the interview period show a mixed ownership landscape, not one in which most media were foreign-owned. Ofcom’s plurality report listed major UK-wide news providers such as the BBC, ITV plc, Channel 4, BSkyB, STV, UTV, DMGT, Trinity Mirror, Guardian Media Group, Telegraph Media Group, Pearson, Johnston Press, Global Radio and Bauer, alongside foreign-owned groups such as News International/News Corp, Newsquest/Gannett, Channel 5 (RTL/Bertelsmann) and Bauer’s German parent company. (ofcom.org.uk) The House of Lords also recorded that the four biggest regional/local newspaper groups together had almost 70% of the market, and Ofcom/Hansard descriptions of broadcasting show the BBC and Channel 4 as public corporations and the main TV news providers as a mix of public, UK-based and foreign-owned operators rather than a foreign majority. That means the claim overstates the extent of foreign ownership. (publications.parliament.uk) Sources: Ofcom, Measuring media plurality (https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/consultations/uncategorised/8159-measuring-plurality/associated-documents/measuring-media-plurality.pdf?v=321823); UK Parliament House of Lords, House of Lords - Communications - First Report (https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldcomuni/122/12207.htm); UK Parliament Hansard, Media Ownership (Radio and Cross-media) Order 2011 (https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2011-06-09/debates/11060954001023/MediaOwnership%28RadioAndCross-Media%29Order2011).