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The implicit threat of loss of funding and/or access is often enough to sway editorial decisions in a way that could appear like direct control.
by dimnsionofsound 6y ago
The implicit threat of loss of funding and/or access is often enough to sway editorial decisions in a way that could appear like direct control.
- arcticfox 6y agoNPR is on the record [0] as not even informing their editorial staff of their 175+ sponsors, which causes other issues (for which there is actual evidence, which, while reasonable, I haven't seen for your theory): > That lack of awareness has led to some embarrassments in the past. Online spots from America's Natural Gas Alliance once ran next to a series on fracking, for example. [0] https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2012/03/16/148778815/an-impossible-standard-when-npr-covers-its-sponsors https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2012/03/16/1487788...