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1
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What do pluralists point out

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  • a significant share of the media market in Britain is taken up by public service broadcasters
  • I.e. media outlets controlled by the state (BBC)
2
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What’s the BBC’s legal obligation

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To inform, educate and To ensure that all programming is diverse

3
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Pluralists argue that public service broadcasters are

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Impartial and objective, and balances out any potential bias in the private sector

4
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Pluralists note that the power

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Of media owners is also restricted by state, or government, controls
- e.g OfCom