[governance] Reconstituting MAG

[KovenRonald at aol.com]

Dear All --

The EBU is indeed an "interesting case." It is the only representative of 
media on the MAG. It consists primarily of state broadcasters, with or without 
statutes of editorial independence. While the EBU is a perfectly legitimate form 
of media representation, the special relationships of its members with 
governments makes it hard to say that it should be a voice for independent 
media.Media have been systematically ignored and underrepresented in this whole 
process. 

A tiny group of activists that has named itself to represent the vast and 
varied world of civil society has been arguing over whether it has 6 or 8 nor 10 
representatives. The media component of civil society, which has a vital 
interest in the future of the new forms of communication, has had 1 representative, 
at best.

Rony Koven
World Press Freedom Committee




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