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Czech Broadcasters Strike Over Funding
Thousands of protesters gathered in Prague today as public broadcasters launched a historic strike over government plans to abolish license fees, per euobserver.com.
The Czech government's move to eliminate funding for public media has sparked widespread condemnation from journalism groups and political figures, Bloomberg reports.
International press freedom organizations have voiced support for the striking broadcasters, citing concerns about increasing state control over media in the country, per expats.cz.
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E12 · E10 · E11 · E9 · E14 · E7E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E12, states; the pressure it names: government media policy. Its words also reach E10 institutions, E11 organizations, E9 cultures, E14 global and E7 ecosystems.
Here it is a dynamic between states, institutions and organizations: Czech government and political figures (E12 states), with license fees (E10 institutions), and public broadcasters (E11 organizations).
The floor of states and force. In this briefing: Czech government, political figures.
The floor of money and rules. In this briefing: license fees.
The floor of companies and infrastructure. In this briefing: public broadcasters.
The floor of culture and meaning. In this briefing: journalism groups.
The floor of the planet acting as one. In this briefing: International press freedom organizations.
The floor of weather and living systems. In this briefing: state control over media.