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arrow-up1544imagehmmmlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to hmmm@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareMac@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·1 year agodamn if only we could subsidize journalism instead of oil and meat oh well i guess
minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoWe could but that brings its own moral issues. Can you trust a journalist to be truthful and critical of a government that signs their paycheque?
minus-squaredjsoren19@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agowith sufficient legislation, sure. Do you inherently distrust NPR?
minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoInherently? No. But part of that is due to the fact that there are other organizations with other motives and funding sources to compare with.
minus-squareshrugs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoWe have that in Germany. Everyone pays a monthly fee that is not controlled by the government to create unbiased news and media
damn if only we could subsidize journalism instead of oil and meat
oh well i guess
We could but that brings its own moral issues. Can you trust a journalist to be truthful and critical of a government that signs their paycheque?
with sufficient legislation, sure. Do you inherently distrust NPR?
Inherently? No. But part of that is due to the fact that there are other organizations with other motives and funding sources to compare with.
We have that in Germany. Everyone pays a monthly fee that is not controlled by the government to create unbiased news and media