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Sunday, June 20, 2021

ASSESSING THE LIMITATIONS OF JOURNALISM PRACTICE IN GOVERNMENT OWNED TELEVISION STATIONS IN NIGERIA

 INTRODUCTION 

1.1       Background to the Study

Ownership structure and control of the media is both internal and external factors, since there is nucleus of interdependence and co-existence. There is a common saying with regards to mass media control in Nigeria and elsewhere, which has become a cliché, that “He who pays the piper dictates the tune”. This means that the owners of a mass media channel controls and dictates what the medium broadcasts and how it broadcasts it including its management and control.