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Democracy needs real journalism to function. Having all the rich people own all the journalists isn't going to end well. We need to find a working business mode
by marcus_holmes 4mo ago
Democracy needs real journalism to function. Having all the rich people own all the journalists isn't going to end well. We need to find a working business model for journalism that doesn't rely on rich folks.
- al_borland 4mo agoI think news outlets need to be run as a non-profit to remove the types of people with aspirations of wealth, instead of aspirations to report and inform the public, from the sector.
- marcus_holmes 4mo agoUsually rich folks buy newsrooms not to make a profit, but to control the narrative. No journalist joins a newsroom to become rich. Famous, maybe, but not rich. The business model used to be advertising, but the internet destroyed that model. And we don't have a replacement, while democracy doesn't work without someone holding the politicians to account.