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Flourishing free, independent and pluralistic media
During a Unesco 3 May conference in 1991, the participants arived at a consensus on the meaning of "an independent and pluralistic press" and stated it in the Windhoek Declaration:
By independent press, we mean a press independent from govemmental, political or economic control or from control of materials and infrastructure essential for the production and dissemination of newspapers, magazines and periodicals. By a pluralistic press, we mean the end of monopolies of any kind and the existence of the greatest possible number of newspapers, magazines and periodicals reflecting the widest possible range of opinion within the community (adapted from Windhoek Declaration 3 May 1991, which also gave us the annual World Press Freedom Day, celebrated each year on 3 May).
There are several types of media (ownership) including private, community, state, and public. (...)
Consider the contrary situation where there is only one newspaper or broadcasting station in your neighbourhood or area. That station or newspaper would likely be the only source of information for many people. If the only source of information somehow published the wrong information, many people would be misinformed. Alternatively, if the newspaper or the television station were directed or forced to publish false information, many people would be lied to. Therefore, common sense would tell us that having multiple media sources would decrease the likelihood of being misinformed or misled because the readers or the audience could verify the information through other newspapers or stations.
Nevertheless, simply having many newspapers, television or radio stations is not enough. Multiplicity is not diversity. (...)
