What happened is that the old media are still pursuing the same model of selling stories. What they should be doing instead is providing information – the stuff that is in the public interest that would otherwise not get told.
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EU politics
Aljazeera: Mass rally in Madrid against trial of Catalan separatist leaders
Protesters waved Catalan flags and carried banners reading slogans such as ‘self-determination is a right, not a crime’. Read here
EU politics
Forge Today: UK University Employees vote for strike
More than a million students face a new wave of walkouts at universities across Britain, after staff voted in favour of strike action over pensions, pay and working conditions. Read here
Austerity
George Packer – USA: We Are Living in a Failed State
This is a powerful piece, which might make some people view the EU in its true condition: a failed union. Read here
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