Claim 58eb0d79Checked 09 Jul 2026
FalseOn the truth scale
“You do not seem to be concerned that most of our media are foreign-owned.”
Reasoning & Evidence09 Jul 2026
The claim is not supported by the best available public evidence. Official parliamentary evidence from around 2010-2011 shows a mixed ownership landscape, not one where most UK media were foreign-owned: the national newspaper industry was described as being run by eight companies, with News Corporation one major owner rather than the majority; and the House of Lords’ ownership tables show many leading outlets were UK-based or public bodies (for example, the BBC and Channel 4 were public corporations, ITV was UK-based, and several major newspaper groups such as DMGT, Trinity Mirror, GMG and Pearson were UK-owned). Foreign-controlled groups did exist, but they were a minority among the major owners listed. (hansard.parliament.uk) Sources: House of Lords Hansard, “Media: Ownership” (UK Parliament); House of Lords Select Committee on Communications, “First Report” (UK Parliament).
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Why are you so focused on the threat from Brussels? You don’t seem to be concerned, for example, that most of our media are foreign-owned – and now much of our infrastructure, too. You don’t seem concerned about the transatlantic threat of homogenisation, either – the extent to which British culture is becoming –
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| [1] | publications.parliament.uk |
| [2] | hansard.parliament.uk |