The claim that "most of our [UK] media are foreign-owned" as of December 2011 is technically supportable only if "media" is defined broadly to include telecoms and all platform industries — a Columbia Business School academic study ("Who Owns the World's Media?") found the UK at 52.1% foreign ownership across "all media," driven heavily by foreign telecom operators. However, in the common usage sense — newspapers, TV news, and radio — the claim is an overstatement. **Newspapers:** According to House of Lords Communications Committee data and circulation figures, roughly 36% of national newspaper circulation was foreign-owned (News International/Murdoch at ~34%, Independent/Lebedev at ~2%), well under "most." Major UK-owned groups included DMGT (~19-22%), Trinity Mirror (~13-20%), Northern & Shell/Desmond (~12%), Telegraph Media Group/Barclay brothers (~6%), Guardian Media Group (~3%), and Pearson/FT (~2%). **Television:** The BBC (UK public), ITV (UK), Channel 4 (UK public), and Channel 5 (UK, Northern & Shell at the time) were all UK-owned. BSkyB was 39% owned by News Corp (US) but majority publicly traded. **Magazines:** A City Research Online chapter confirms "Most UK consumer titles are owned by foreign groups" — German Bauer, US Time Warner (IPC), US Hearst, etc. **Total media revenue:** Enders Analysis data submitted to the Leveson Inquiry shows that in 2010, News Corporation had about 11% of total UK media revenue (£31.8bn total market), the BBC had about 12%, and the rest was fragmented among many UK and foreign entities. Even assuming 100% BSkyB ownership, News Corp would only reach ~20%. The claim gives a misleading impression by not distinguishing between sectors where foreign ownership dominates (magazines, telecoms) and core news media where it does not. The BBC alone dominates UK news consumption, and major newspaper groups (DMGT, Trinity Mirror, Northern & Shell, Guardian) are UK-owned. Sources: Columbia Business School / Oxford Academic, "Who Owns the World's Media?" (https://business.columbia.edu/sites/default/files-efs/imce-uploads/CITI/Articles/197975404.pdf); House of Lords Communications Committee, First Report (https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldcomuni/122/12207.htm); City Research Online, UK Media Chapter (https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/14361/3/UK_Chapter.pdf); Enders Analysis submission to Leveson Inquiry via Discover Leveson (https://www.discoverleveson.com/evidence/Annex_1_to_Submission_by_Claire_Enders_Enders_Analysis/8330/media); Coordinating Committee for Media Reform, "The Elephant in the Room" (https://www.mediareform.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/The_Elephant_in_the_Room-A_Survey_of_Media_Ownership_and_Plurality_in_the_UK.pdf)