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paramilitary media  

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  • Republicans/Nationalists wanted the region unified with the Irish Republic, and Loyalists/Unionists wanted it to remain part of the United Kingdom; both sides had paramilitary bodies. Each camp ran its own news media, which were significantly different in many respects from more mainstream news media. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media; Paramilitary Media (Northern Ireland)]

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