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This seemslike a reasonable idea but then you get into the hairy situation of government endorsing different biases. You can bet that a conservative pres/congre
by eachro 9y ago
This seemslike a reasonable idea but then you get into the hairy situation of government endorsing different biases. You can bet that a conservative pres/congress is going to push public funding towards more conservative sources and likewise for more liberal pres/congress. State funded news sources is not where we want to go.
- dredmorbius 9y agoWe already have a system in which those who pay the piper instill biases. Government is, at least, answerable (in theory) to the people in a way that no other alternative I'm aware of is: advertising, patronage, religious sponsorship. Media are inherently propagandistic -- there is always an exceptionally strong incentive to manipulating, diverting, distracting, or otherwise controlling the public or oligarchical discussion.