Closing of “The Independent” - UK press shifts even further to the right
By Jane WhyattThe British press, already shown by independentresearchers to be the most right wing in Europe, has lost again two of its left-liberal titles, The Independent and The Independent on Sunday. And a new print newspaper, The New Day, launches on February 29th with a "politically neutral" stance.
Russian-born media owner Evgeny Lebedev has decided to close the print editions of The Independent, and its sister The Independent on Sunday. An estimated 75 journalists will lose their jobs. But “star writers” including war reporters Patrick Cockburn and Robert Fisk will continue to work for the newspaper’s website www.independent.co.uk. The…
