04-10-2024, 05:18 PM
(04-10-2024, 01:57 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: They shouldn't have their funding cut, they serve a very important role. What should happen is a radical shift away from partisanship and a return to what they used to be. As they are government funded they can be largely immune to the need to pander to ideologues or engage in click bait. While I agree with Bel about the differences in how newer generations consume news I do think as they get older they're going to want an unbiased source for real news. Maybe I'm being overly optimistic, but being government funded gives them the opportunity to set themselves apart from the for profit media in a way that could absolutely return to being in demand.
I actually don't want news media being publicly funded. I think things in public media like Science Friday, Radio Lab, Freakonomics, or This American Life when it comes to radio are great. I love Nova and Nature as well as just about everything Ken Burns does and have zero problems with funding going towards those sorts of projects because they have cultural value and importance. However, news media should be antagonistic towards our government and I have a problem with state funding being used for it for that reason. Now, I hate corporate media with a fiery passion as well, which is why I support independent, nonprofit journalism.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
