1 Amendments of Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA related to 2017/2209(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the formation of public opinion is based upon a social pact between citizens and media professionals aimed at influencing those in power for the purposes of general interest; nNotes with the gravest concern that the financing system for the press has collapsed, resulting in dominant media players using information to pursue political and commercial propaganda objectives, thereby dramatically lowering the quality of information and giving rise to phenomena such as ‘fake news’; warns about the interference of foreign powers in Member States’ internal affairs, be it through propaganda campaigns or disinformation, in order to weaken the Union and threaten our democratic systems, while trying to interfere in the electoral processes;