4 ms·
Unfortunately, if it's a municipal endeavor, you will have coloring of the coverage. I don't trust the current political establishment in the US to not turn ne
by lenerdenator 4mo ago
Unfortunately, if it's a municipal endeavor, you will have coloring of the coverage.
I don't trust the current political establishment in the US to not turn newsrooms into pure propaganda machines if public funding is requested.
Besides, I don't know if there is much of a point. The current President, at the very least, bungled the release of millions of documents related to his former personal friend who was under investigation/indictment for sex trafficking.
The public, for better or worse, just doesn't seem to want to make that a sticking point. If that's not a sticking point, what the hell is? What could a newsroom possibly dig up that could motivate people?
And yes, I realize I am being very, very charitable to reducing Trump's possible exposure on Epstein to "bungled the document release", but I think you could at the very least get everyone to agree on that. There was a law passed by Congress, his administration didn't follow it as it had to. Cut and dry.
- asdff 4mo agoI think if the department was sufficiently insulated from electeds it would be fine. I am on municipal water and power and it is quite cheap and pragmatic. It is very isolated from the bullshit in city hall though which helps it a ton. The thing is with them being private is they are now targets for the bezos's and soon-shiongs of the world to buy out and then color however they like.