Editing Propaganda model (section)

====''News of the World''====
{{Main|News of the World phone hacking affair}}

In July 2011, the journalist [[Paul Mason (journalist)|Paul Mason]], then working for the BBC, pointed out that the [[News International phone hacking scandal]] threw light on close links between the press and politicians. However, he argued that the closure of the mass-circulation newspaper ''[[News of the World]]'', which took place after the scandal broke, conformed only partly to the propaganda model. He drew attention to the role of [[social media]], saying that "large corporations pulled their advertising" because of the "scale of the social media response" (a response which was mainly to do with the newspaper's behaviour towards [[Milly Dowler]], although Mason did not go into this level of detail).<ref name=PMason>"[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14093772 Murdoch: the network defeats the hierarchy]", BBC.</ref>

Mason praised ''[[The Guardian]]'' for having told the truth about the phone-hacking, but expressed doubt about the financial viability of the newspaper.
<blockquote>One part of the Chomsky doctrine has been proven by exception. He stated that newspapers that told the truth could not make money. ''The Guardian''...is indeed burning money and may run out of it in three years' time.<ref name=PMason /></blockquote>