anyone else noted the connection between the UK's Guardian newspaper ("a charitable foundation existing between 1936 and 2008, which aimed to ensure the paper's

anyone else noted the connection between the UK's Guardian newspaper ("a charitable foundation existing between 1936 and 2008, which aimed to ensure the paper's editorial independence in perpetuity, maintaining its financial health to ensure it did not become vulnerable to take overs by for-profit media groups") and the role of the fourth estate lately? begs the question - can a govt be scutinised with a profit-seeking structure? implications for how the IT industry has cannibilised their revenue model is left as an exercise for the reader.