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Since the long fight for the freedom of the press in the eighteenth century, the importance of newspapers reflecting public opinion has become unquestioned. The need of independent journalists, free comment and access to information is accepted by all politicians and administrators. But during the twentieth century, several forces have threatened this independence, Of these, the most spectacularly dangerous are the commercialisation and concentration of the newspapers, which reach an extreme form in the country today​

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Since the long fight for the freedom of the press in the eighteenth century, the importance of newspapers reflecting public opinion has become unquestioned. The need of independent journalists, free comment and access to information is accepted by all politicians and administrators. But during the twentieth century, several forces have threatened this independence, Of these, the most spectacularly dangerous are the commercialisation and concentration of the newspapers, which reach an extreme form in the country today