We have something similar to that happen in the United States, and it was on fully display during the Presidential Primary last year. All these corporations had a financial interest not to cover a candidate that was the frontrunner for half the time in this study. 90% of our media is owned by four transnational corporations much like the three companies that own 80% of the media market in the UK.

https://acbc89.medium.com/report-mainstream-media-undermined-bernie-sanders-cc9769ca3101