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"Alerts member states to the risk of the power of the media in a situation of strong concentration of the media and new communication services, and its potential consequences for political pluralism and for democratic process and, in this context: 1. Underlines the desirability for effective and manifest separation between the exercise of control of media and decision making as regards media content and the exercise of political authority or influence."

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CoE (Committee of Ministers): Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on Protecting the Role of Media in Democracy in the Context of Media Concentration, preamble

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Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on Protecting the Role of Media in Democracy in the Context of Media Concentration

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The right of the media to gather information, including from confidential sources without government interference, should be assured.