Why won't the US establish some sort of publicly funded national media agency? Here's some countries that have publicly funded broadcasting networks, and still

Why won't the US establish some sort of publicly funded national media agency? Here's some countries that have publicly funded broadcasting networks, and still rank above the US on the 2018 Press Freedom Index (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_Freedom_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_Freedom_Index): - France: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_24 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_24 - UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC - Netherlands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederlandse_Publieke_Omroep_(organization) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederlandse_Publieke_Omroep_(o... - South Korea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Broadcasting_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Broadcasting_System - Canada: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporat... It seems like it is viable to establish a publicly funded institution dedicated to national-local news. There is the Post Office and the DMV, so couldn't there also exist small offices of reporters and journalists to broadcast and publish news that is funded from taxes and public grants? Even if it is not as granular as the Post Office, there would at least be an agency responsible for the information and entertainment broadcast by the media network. Additionally, there could exist public-private relationships similar to how the BBC operates BBC Studios, so there is still some incentive to run certain programs "like a business", so to speak. Some kind of national media agency could also help disseminate government data to the public that is already being distilled and published by private news corporations. For example, a lot of "newsworthy" information or background comes from government sources, such as census data, economic data, and weather data. Journalists read and distill openly published government information to make it accessible to the public, and the government could do the same thing to put more effort into the 'public presentation' side of the information they produced. There's no guarantee this would be 100% perfect; whether the news comes from the government or a corporation there's always uncertainty in bias and truth. Having a public news agency doesn't stop corporations from existing, it's just another network but with a public safety net. If people want the news, then deciding to use their tax dollars to fund public news is an available option. The current state of public broadcasting in the US is pretty weak and detached: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_broadcasting#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_broadcasting#United_Sta... Other than NPR and PBS, how often is public broadcasting (tv, internet, audio) actually watched or listened to in the US? It seems pretty low. Public broadcasting networks like the BBC and CBC could be nit-picked, but overall they still produce some solid content that draws large audiences. BBC One and BBC Radio 1 are consistently good and interesting, even for a non-Brit.