[1] The founders wrote "A spectre now haunts the world: a global commercial media system dominated by a small number of huge corporations.
It is a system that works to advance the cause of the global market and promote commercial values, while denigrating journalism and culture not conducive to the immediate bottom line or long-run corporate interests.
The few major media multinationals have unprecedented power, owning press and television, book publishing, film production, and databases.
[citation needed] MULE's mission is to reach out to a wide-ranging cross-section of society, producing an accessible and tabloid style paper, which aims to address issues the mainstream local media neglect via investigative journalism.
It has been critical of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition and has actively reported on local groups fighting the government's austerity drive and cuts to public services.
[citation needed] The website also provides an online diary (which includes all of Manchester City Council's public meetings) for local groups to post events on.