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That gets tricky fast. News as nonprofit might work, but would likely have even more severe resourcing issues than smaller newsrooms are having today. If news
by zbentley 2y ago
That gets tricky fast. News as nonprofit might work, but would likely have even more severe resourcing issues than smaller newsrooms are having today.
If news sources were publicly funded like schools, that compromises the very important news function of reporting on the government.
- boxed 2y ago> If news sources were publicly funded like schools, that compromises the very important news function of reporting on the government. Not necessarily. In Sweden the public service system has independent right to basically tax the population. So it's not the government paying the news, it's the news taxing the country directly. I'm not saying that doesn't have its own issue, of course it does, but it's a smart tradeoff I think.