Independent Media?
What A Joke
UK government secretly
funded Reuters in 1960s,
1970s
By Joe Concha
January 14, 2020 "Information
Clearing House" -
The
British government secretly
funded Reuters in the 1960s
and 1970s at the direction
of an anti-Soviet propaganda
organization with links to
MI-6, according to
unclassified documents
unveiled Monday.
The government used the BBC
to conceal funding in making
payments to the international
news group.
"We are now in a position to
conclude an agreement
providing discreet
Government support for
Reuters services in the
Middle East and Latin
America," reads a 1969
redacted secret British
government document entitled
"Funding of Reuters by HMG,"
or Her Majesty's Government.
The document was
declassified last year.
"HMG's interests should be
well served by the new
arrangement," it continues.
A Reuters spokesperson said
in a statement on Monday
that it was common for news
organizations to
receive some form of state
subsidy at the time.
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"Many news organisations
received some form of state
subsidy after World War
Two," said Reuters
spokesperson David Crundwell.
"But the arrangement in 1969
was not in keeping with our
Trust Principles and we
would not do this today," he
continued.
Reuters Trust Principles,
created in 1984, "is
dedicated to upholding the
Trust Principles and to
preserving its independence,
integrity, and freedom from
bias in the gathering and
dissemination of information
and news," according to the
company's web site.
Reuters was founded in 1851.
Its parent company, Thompson
Reuters, employs more than
25,000 people worldwide.
The BBC cited a similar
charter regarding its
editorial independence.
"The BBC charter guarantees
editorial independence
irrespective of whether
funding comes from the UK
government, the licence fee
or commercial sources," a
BBC spokesperson said in a
statement on Monday.
