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I've always felt news organisations should be legally required to be non-for-profit and wages capped at some sensible multiple of the national average wage (e.g
by ra120271 7y ago
I've always felt news organisations should be legally required to be non-for-profit and wages capped at some sensible multiple of the national average wage (e.g 6x)
- baq 7y agonot too low though or you're just fostering bribery.
- ra120271 7y agoI agree. If the belief is that the press (news) should be free and unencumbered to report the truth, and accepting all solutions are imperfect, then I think its a case of removing the worst influences in alignment with that goal. Media conglomerates and billionaires usually have competing interests due to their diverse interests and influence. So my suggestion is not to remove them or exclude them from news but to limit the number of levers they can pull within news. I accept that my thoughts are imperfect and flawed also, so offer them for discussion and nothing else.
- sandoooo 7y agoYou're casting a pretty wide net there. I've always felt news organizations should be legally required to recruit from my exact microdemographic and only from registered members of the party I most recently voted for, with wages indexed to between 99% to 101% of my current income.
- krapp 7y agoThe likely result of that would be news organizations being primarily influenced by governments, corporate donors and religious organizations.
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- pjc50 7y agoNews organisations are generally pretty badly paid at the moment. I'd be up for prominent disclosure of ultimate ownership, though.