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The main reason I want them to be paid more has nothing to do with deserving more. The overwhelming majority of journalists certainly don’t do work that deserve
by malandrew 5y ago
The main reason I want them to be paid more has nothing to do with deserving more. The overwhelming majority of journalists certainly don’t do work that deserves higher pay. The problem with the low pay is that they become highly prone to viewing the world as much worse than it is and sowing discontent. A financially comfortable journalistic class that feels the weight of taxes is more likely to defend hard work and keeping the fruits of their labor instead of arguing for an ever larger unaccountable and ineffective government apparatus to fix problems that they could fix themselves with their own money.
- drnonsense42 5y agoYes- that’s roughly what I’m saying as well - they would shut up more if they were beholden to a corporation that feeds them a lot more. I conclude differently than you in that I take issue with what I interpret to believe would be society bribing them to achieve this outcome. Many of them have a deeply negative impact on society, so it sounds like paying off someone to stop a temper tantrum, which is a hard pill to swallow for me.
- scandox 5y ago> they become highly prone to viewing the world as much worse than it is and sowing discontent So pay them to keep them sweet so they can accurately portray people's live back to them as being wonderful? I don't think it takes poorly paid journos to "sow discontent". The fact is people need their material needs met and a sense of self-respect to be content. Many people really do not have those 2 things.