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A model in which journalism is funded by powerful foreign firms and the government? How can journalists speak truth to power if there's a risk (perceived or act
by SpecialistK 3y ago
A model in which journalism is funded by powerful foreign firms and the government? How can journalists speak truth to power if there's a risk (perceived or actual) that doing so would bite the hand that feeds?
If there's anyone who should /not/ be funding the press, it's these two groups. People just need to be convinced to actually pay for journalism.
- ttfkam 3y agoSome of best, most objective reporting comes from the BBC, PBS, and NPR. (Though the latter two get far less government funding than they used to.) I still haven't found a better source of investigative journalism than "Frontline". Not government-funded but government-mandated, C-SPAN also deserves an honorable mention.
- SpecialistK 3y agoThose organizations can and have done some very good journalism. I'll be the first to admit that. But is it a model we want from ALL news organizations? I'm okay with CBC [news] being government funded, flawed though it sometimes is. However if CTV, Global, NatPo, the Globe, etc. are all in the same boat, that can't be good for journalism or democracy. Diversity (in funding and ideology) is our strength.