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I mean, I love me some BBC, but there are plenty of publicly funded media outlets that are essentially just state propaganda. I don't think public funding is a

• cookie_monsta 4y ago
  No, being a functional country is the panacea
• epgui 4y ago
  It's obviously not a panacea, but it solves or can solve a specific set of problems. For anyone that has trouble imagining what I could possibly be talking about, there are some examples discussed here [1], from which I highlight a handful of bullet points, which may not all be mutually exclusive: - financial stability - the need to "chase the algorithm" - sensationalism as a perverse incentive of the market - a lack of incentivization of quality content - the perverse disincentivization of long-form content - the perverse incentivization of cheap editorial content over expensive investigative journalism - the availability of quality information to people who can't afford to pay for an expensive news subscription or who may simply not have access to news where they are - editorial independence from commercial or industrial interests - long-term viability of more local news - collapsing advertising revenue due to macro, social and tech trends - parasitic audience capture by social media platforms [1] https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/issues_development-enjeux_developpement/human_rights-droits_homme/policy-orientation-independence-independance.aspx?lang=eng https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/issues_developme...