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Interestingly, this is on NPR, a publicly funded source. I think that would go a long way towards alleviating this problem (perhaps through taxes on those giant
by podiki 5y ago
Interestingly, this is on NPR, a publicly funded source. I think that would go a long way towards alleviating this problem (perhaps through taxes on those giant corporations that have locked down local and national media), though of course needing strict separation from the source. I don't think that would be the hard part so much as the will to do it, or more likely the will to overcome the lobbying and big money in this arena.
- jerkstate 5y agoI was trying to figure out how much public funding got and ran across this article about some reporting on npr’s reporting: https://www.newsweek.com/where-does-npr-get-its-funding-calls-defund-outlet-met-calls-donate-1529009 https://www.newsweek.com/where-does-npr-get-its-funding-call... Which in retrospect makes NPR look petty, partisan and disinterested in actual investigative journalism. But the article also says that they receive “minimal” public funding (4% of their operating budget)
- devindotcom 5y agoThis article doesn't really report on the reporting, just says how some prominent Republicans didn't like one article. I don't see how a rather straightforward news post on the then President's comments makes NPR look petty and partisan, either.
- bavell 5y agoHere is NPR reporting on made up news about the supreme court just two weeks ago: https://youtu.be/PQY7a0z7JqI https://youtu.be/PQY7a0z7JqI
- devindotcom 5y agoThis was addressed by NPR's public editor. It was not "made up." https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2022/01/20/1074540207/npr-reporting-on-supreme-court-mask-controversy-merits-clarification https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2022/01/20/1074540...
- jerkstate 5y agoThis explanation is super weird. > No one has challenged the broader focus of Totenberg's original story, which asserts that the justices in general are not getting along well. The controversy over the anecdotal lead, which was intended to be illustrative, has overwhelmed the uncontested premise of the story. Gorsuch and Sotomayor issued a joint statement that they are warm friends. Doesn’t that challenge the broader focus of the story? How are we supposed to take them seriously unless we want to believe what they’re saying uncritically?
- devindotcom 5y agoYou may choose to believe the press release. The NPR article is more than the mask anecdote, that is just the intro. The reporter cites sources familiar and her editors stand by the sourcing. I imagine the truth is somewhat messier than the statement that they are "warm colleagues and friends" implies.
- bavell 5y agoAhhh it was all a big misunderstanding! How convenient for them to not have to accept any blame for sloppy reporting and pushing a narrative.
- fullshark 5y agoI can’t imagine the us right trusting a publicly funded news source. The future is two or more well funded agitprop news sources in front of paywalls, amplifying the news stories that their benefactors care about politically. This was basically the way news always was in America (federalist and anti federalist news papers).
- chernevik 5y agoBecause there is nothing Orwellian about a government-funded "news" source. No thank you, never.
- alar44 5y agoOh come on. A quick Google search will show you that NPR receives a few percent of its funding from the government. Grow up.
- clairity 5y agonpr is funded mostly by advertising (they call it sponsorship to gussy it up a bit, but it's still advertising). something like 2% comes from public sources. the rest generally comes from member stations paying for content, who in turn also get most of their funding from advertising. they're just as beholden to corporate interests over the public interest as the rest.
- alar44 5y agoNope. This stuff is super easy to find. What's your agenda here? In 2017, NPR earned 38% of its revenue from individual contributions; 19% from corporate sponsorship and licensing; 10% from foundation donations; 10% from university licensing and donations; 8% from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; and 4% from federal, state, and local governments via member stations. https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/national-public-radio-npr/ https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/national-public-ra...
- clairity 5y agoyah, it's so easy and you still got it wrong. you've listed 2017's version of the average member station funding, not npr's funding. even so, only 4% of that is public, while npr itself gets no direct public funding. note that that 4% is accounted for under about 1/3 of npr's funding, so an upper limit of 4/3 of 1% to npr (if all member station revenue went to npr). this quote comes directly from npr (see concluding statement on this page[0]): > "On average, less than 1% of NPR's annual operating budget comes in the form of grants from CPB and federal agencies and departments." [0]: https://www.npr.org/about-npr/178660742/public-radio-finances https://www.npr.org/about-npr/178660742/public-radio-finance...