Sentence examples for media raiding from inspiring English sources

His government has also cracked down on the news media, raiding the offices of independent journalists and shutting down an opposition Web site that had been one of the main sources of independent information.

We have seen a few of these media raids recently in Pakistan, such as the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket players in Lahore.

And if AWS and its allies win the election they will have trouble wresting control of broadcasting from SLD hands: supervisory-board members hold their seats for three years.The coalition's media raid is of a piece with its habit of installing placemen in every available job, from the chairmanships of state-owned insurance companies to offices in regional bureaucracies.

In an audacious cross-Atlantic media raid, the UK's main commercial broadcaster ITV – which broadcasts Downton Abbey - has acquired Pawn Stars and Real Housewives of New Jersey studio Leftfield Entertainment Group for up to $800m.

Authorities said the media raids were part of the investigation.

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department called on Turkish authorities to protect media freedom and other democratic values in response to media raids and detentions in operations across Turkey on Sunday.

While the government claimed the recent media raids were part of the Koza Ipek Holding investigation, others have called the move part of a larger crackdown on the press.

On Tuesday, Koza-Ipek media was raided and six journalists were arrested, accused of "providing financial support to and disseminating propaganda for a terrorist organisation".

And, last weekend, Gulenist media were raided, over 20 journalists and production staff arrested from the opposition paper Zaman and Samanyolu TV.

The media groups raided are owned by Koza Ipek Holding, which has links to US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, accused by Erdogan of trying to topple him.

Lawyers for the brothers explain that the share-buying was designed to see off the late Robert Maxwell, a crooked British media magnate, who was raiding the stockmarket for shares in Bouygues SA.