> Can there be such a thing as "non-partisan state-sponsored media"? You can add enough layers of indirection and semi-elected committees and cultural expecta

> Can there be such a thing as "non-partisan state-sponsored media"? You can add enough layers of indirection and semi-elected committees and cultural expectations to make it mostly non-partisan (Think the process for awarding government-funded research grants)[1], but a government devoted to turning it into a partisan organ can, with enough effort, eventually corrupt any such system. That's why you need to push back, and punish governments that are trying to shift cultural expectations that prevent weaponization of various public institutions. [1] The incentives for corrupting this are far greater for media than they are for science, so I can't expect it will work well in practice. PBS, NPR, CBC, BBC are always a political football for this reason.