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I think there is a lot to this idea. I've wondered whether something like the False Claims Act (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_Claims_Act https://en.m.wi
by jrumbut 7y ago
I think there is a lot to this idea. I've wondered whether something like the False Claims Act (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_Claims_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_Claims_Act) could be expanded or modified (or just used) to fund journalism.
Not perfect by any means but it would protect one of the most important functions of the papers.
- gnzoidberg 7y agoAbsolutely not. Do you want to directly reward newspapers for attacking individuals and companies? I'm sure that's going to end well. That would be a perverse incentive. Right now the link is very loose and that's fine.
- bobthepanda 7y agoYeah, this could easily incentivize unethical behavior like the phone hacking scandal in the UK: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_International_phone_hacking_scandal https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_International_phone_hac...