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I also don't like subsidies. Id prefer either full state ownership of the press, or state-funded worker coops.
by derelicta 3y ago
I also don't like subsidies. Id prefer either full state ownership of the press, or state-funded worker coops.
- Georgelemental 3y agoLike this? http://rodong.rep.kp/en/ http://rodong.rep.kp/en/
- derelicta 3y agoYeah totally, u got it right this time sport!
- lazide 3y agoAnytime someone proposes something like this - what would you expect would have happened if this was the case when Trump was president and we had COVID? Would the outcome have been better, or worse?
- janice1999 3y agoThere is no need to guess. Many European countries have national broadcasters which remain independent of the government, including mine. The BBC even has political appointees at its head but is still critical of the UK government, especially on its COVID response.
- lazide 3y agoSo the BBC reports on the royal scandals as much as the Sun? Or does the Sun act as a counterweight, perhaps?
- Georgelemental 3y agoIn my experience French state media tends to uncritically repeat the Macronist party line, but YMMV I guess
- jaggs 3y agoHmm...the BBC is definitely not impartial. As a cursory examination of Laura Kusenberg's hit job on Jeremy Corbyn will show. Also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64648164 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64648164
- swed420 3y agoThere was negligible difference between 45 & 46 on issues of COVID. Capital was driving that decision framework as always. https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/how-the-press-manufactured-consent https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/how-the-press-manufactured-co...
- blackhawkC17 3y agoAnd the state will use it to disseminate awesome propaganda, e.g., Russia Today and China Global Television Network.
- derelicta 3y agoMaybe? Maybe not. It's been done before. For example in CH our biggest national broadcaster is a state company. It's not as totalitarian as you might think. It is biased for sure, but as biased as private operators. Don't forget private cable networks also reflect the political orientation of their owners.
- swed420 3y agoBut we already have awesome propaganda at home, orchestrated by capital. https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/how-the-press-manufactured-consent https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/how-the-press-manufactured-co...
- piva00 3y agoWhile Sweden has SVT, Norway has NRK, Denmark has DR, etc. Cherry-picking from totalitarian states is a very weak argument...
- derelicta 3y agoWow so totalitarian, amirite guyz?
- sam_lowry_ 3y agoYou forgot UK and BBC.
- Dalewyn 3y agoAnd Japan and NHK. I detest all media equally, but I particularly detest those funded by tax monies because they don't even have to ask for their requisite funds.
- swed420 3y ago> Id prefer either full state ownership of the press, or state-funded worker coops. As long as it means abolishing paywalls I'm all for it. There should be no gatekeeping of news or information generally in a healthy human-first society.
- hollerith 3y agoWhat the hell? I hope you're just trolling.
- swed420 3y agoNope. We are overdue for a massive shift in how things are incentivized. I'm not suggesting the reporters doing work shouldn't have their basic needs met. Everyone should. The profit is everyone can read all the news. More things need to be opened up for the public good. We're all standing on the shoulders of giants. Most notions of intellectual property should be abolished. AI training is making it painfully obvious. Let everyone and everything benefit from everyone and everything, especially where technology makes this trivial compared to the old days of costly physical distribution.