In 2013 the
Catalan government gave almost €3m to the media. This is not normal commercial
aid or advertising. We are talking of direct cash subsidies to newspapers and other media that
publish in Catalan. It is no surprise that the media are so tame and supportive
of the government. The main beneficiaries are:
La Vanguardia €835,436.20El Periódico €520,865.24El Punt Avui €481,788.12Ara €333,867.24Diari de Girona €150,630.48
In all, the
print media got €2.2m and radio, TV and online media got another half million. About 300
conventional media outlets and 50 digitals got money.
That does
not include the huge amount of public money that goes directly to the bottomless
pit of TV3.
The frightening things is that so few people think this is all that unusual.
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