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News should be paid for by people using it, making news dependent on government funding is bad, making news dependent on corporations is even worse, I tend to p
by lnxg33k1 3y ago
News should be paid for by people using it, making news dependent on government funding is bad, making news dependent on corporations is even worse, I tend to point the start of the decline of information and so democracy and plurality to the advent of blogs, free websites etc.
Independent information that serves people, is funded by the people
- tonyedgecombe 3y ago>making news dependent on government funding is bad I wonder if having the government hand out tokens that you can spend on whatever media you want would be better.
- gaiagraphia 3y agoAlways been a huge fan of this as opposed to a "Tv license" type system. Being able to choose where 1% of your tax money goes each year. IIRC, Poland does something similar: "Individual taxpayers of personal income tax have an opportunity to allocate 1% of their annual tax liability to specific Polish public welfare organizations. It is an easy way of supporting a charitable initiative and it does not require additional cost or a lot of effort." https://www2.deloitte.com/pl/pl/pages/tax/articles/tax-news-financial-institutions/przekazanie-1-proc-na-rzecz-organizacji-pozytku-publicznego.html https://www2.deloitte.com/pl/pl/pages/tax/articles/tax-news-...