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> Counterpoint: Public media. While I don't think there's any statutory obligation, you will likely never find paywalls or brokered data. And the content is ver

> Counterpoint: Public media. While I don't think there's any statutory obligation, you will likely never find paywalls or brokered data. And the content is very reliable. That's because the cost has been sent towards the government, & indirectly paid for via taxes & government bonds. Effectively, the cost is shouldered by the general public without them noticing.

tootie 4y ago
That's not true. Public media gets very little government funding. The CPB gets a Congressional appropriation once a year and sends it via grants to various public media orgs. But PBS, NPR all their affiliates, the Associated Press, Pro Publica etc are all private orgs that get most of their funding from donors and sponsors.
- x-complexity 4y ago
  > That's not true. Public media gets very little government funding. The CPB gets a Congressional appropriation once a year and sends it via grants to various public media orgs. But PBS, NPR all their affiliates, the Associated Press, Pro Publica etc are all private orgs that get most of their funding from donors and sponsors. That still means that the cost is shouldered by multiple entities, each with their own goals & agendas. The cost of the media itself doesn't go away because someone else bore it. In fact, given that they're bearing the cost, there'll inevitably be a larger sway in placating to the cost bearer's desires & beliefs in order to have a greater chance at continuing to receive donations from them in the future. Failure to do so may prompt the donator(s) to see their money as being lit on fire instead of being properly spent. Even in the best base of a "blind donator", who doesn't care about the media produced & will fund it regardless of the stances of the produced media, the money from them is still finite & requires (their earnings > their expenditures).

tootie 4y ago

That's not true. Public media gets very little government funding. The CPB gets a Congressional appropriation once a year and sends it via grants to various public media orgs. But PBS, NPR all their affiliates, the Associated Press, Pro Publica etc are all private orgs that get most of their funding from donors and sponsors.

x-complexity 4y ago
> That's not true. Public media gets very little government funding. The CPB gets a Congressional appropriation once a year and sends it via grants to various public media orgs. But PBS, NPR all their affiliates, the Associated Press, Pro Publica etc are all private orgs that get most of their funding from donors and sponsors. That still means that the cost is shouldered by multiple entities, each with their own goals & agendas. The cost of the media itself doesn't go away because someone else bore it. In fact, given that they're bearing the cost, there'll inevitably be a larger sway in placating to the cost bearer's desires & beliefs in order to have a greater chance at continuing to receive donations from them in the future. Failure to do so may prompt the donator(s) to see their money as being lit on fire instead of being properly spent. Even in the best base of a "blind donator", who doesn't care about the media produced & will fund it regardless of the stances of the produced media, the money from them is still finite & requires (their earnings > their expenditures).