[sampo]

European newspapers are left-leaning, so they were happy to write pieces criticizing free trade treaties.

But now with the proposed link tax in Article 11, the newspapers pretty much support the proposed new copyright law. Without old media, it might be difficult to reach and inform a critical mass of people for demonstrations to happen.

[CloudNetworking]

"left-leaning". Hehe.

Goes to show how much the left-right axis has tilted to the right since WW2.

[toyg]

> European newspapers are left-leaning

You missed "some". I can assure you there are plenty of right-leaning newspapers in Europe: The Times, Financial Times, Evening Standard, Daily Mail, The Sun, Corriere della Sera, Libero, Il Giornale, Il Foglio, L'Opinion, La Croix, Frankfurter Allgemein Zeitung, Die Welt, El Paìs...

It is true that the objections on this atrocious law are subdued to say the least, because the entire sector is complicit. Battered by the internet revolution, the press is desperate to find revenues. Part of the responsibility is squarely on "internet people" for their inability to find a modern business model for the sector, though: Google and friends have been happy to pick at the dying carcass of traditional media without giving anything back.