> In places like the UK and Canada, the top news agencies are literally government owned. At least this would provide an alternative news source that is not dr

> In places like the UK and Canada, the top news agencies are literally government owned. At least this would provide an alternative news source that is not driven by commercial forces, and can focus on what it believes is important, rather than what gets the most eyeballs. But then the UK tied BBC programme funding to number of viewers (can't find a source, sorry).