*The UK public think we do not have a free press*

Extinction Rebellion has been accused of an “assault on the free press” for our action at the Broxbourne, Glasgow & Knowsley printworks on Friday. But how free is our “free press”?

YouGov investigates...
extinctionrebellion.uk/2020/09/10/acc…
Less than half of adults in the UK agree that we have a free press.

YouGov Poll:
extinctionrebellion.uk/2020/09/10/acc…
When given information on the ownership of our press, half of adults in the UK think we don’t have a free press, without this information a third of adults in the UK actively say we do not have a free press.

YouGov Poll: extinctionrebellion.uk/2020/09/10/acc…
Most people think the press ownership concentration is unacceptable.

YouGov Poll: extinctionrebellion.uk/2020/09/10/acc…
In addition, 48% of people think the UK press generally pays too little attention to climate change.

YouGov Poll: extinctionrebellion.uk/2020/09/10/acc…
The fact is that our press is not free nor seen to be free. It's in the hands of a few billionaires who use it to campaign for their interests & politicians, while downplaying The Story:

OUR WORLD & LIVES ARE DISTORTED & THREATENED BY RUNAWAY CLIMATE BREAKDOWN

WE MUST #ACTNOW
63 people were arrested to bring you this message. Some will go to prison, others face disciplinary measures at work & all face long term difficulties from having a record of criminality or arrest.

#WeWantToLive
Video credit: @climate_compass
Rupert Murdoch & Priti Patel, don't want you to hear this.

At his wedding, she affirmed her cosy relationship. In public she pronounced it by suggesting we're an organised crime group for disrupting & calling out their UK stitch up.

But we cannot stay silent, we want to live 🕊️
And organised crime group? You cannot be serious?!

#ExtinctionRebellion
Video credit: @climate_compass

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