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Potential
Despite the disaster of News on Sunday, largely attributable to the incompetence of those behind it, the potential circulation is probably there.
But socialist papers don't get advertising revenue from capitalist businesses. Many distributors refuse to circulate them, either from ideological considerations or because there is insufficient profit in it.
State financial support for minority viewpoint publications, with no political strings attached, and a legal right to nationwide distribution, are already in lace in some capitalist countries apers or the rourtn Intemanona benefit accordingly.
A socialist government would also improve the education system that has left six million adults (disproportionately working class) with reading difficulties. A transition to socialism will raise political awareness and interest in real issues beyond recognition. The ramifications for press standards are obvious.
Labour MP Clive Soley, working with the Campaign for Press anc Broadcasting Freedom, is to introduce a private members bill effectively giving right of reply to demonstrable lies.
An independent statutory body would investigate complaints of distortion, and be empowered to order corrections at least as prominent as the offending story to be published where ippropriate This sensible initiative hould certainly be supported
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