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Journalists Looking For Government Money
We've been following the ongoing struggles of the print media, watching as some publications have died off and others have held to outdated principles and decried the influence of the internet. A side effect of this has been many journalists put out of work and many others fearful that informed reporting is on its way out as well. Now, an editorial in the Washington Post calls for a solution journalists would likely have scoffed at only a few years ago: federal subsidies. Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols write, "What to do? Bailing out media conglomerates would be morally and politically absurd. These firms have run journalism into the ground. If they cannot make it, let them go. Wait for 'pay-wall' technologies, billionaire philanthropists or unimagined business models to generate enough news to meet the immense demands of a self-governing society? There is no evidence that such a panacea is on the horizon. This leaves one place to look for a solution: the government." They hasten to add, "Did we just call for state-run media? Quite the opposite."
I really, really, really don't want any of my money going toward Fox "News". Thank you.
They all choose which 'facts' to report.
When Fox news get caught fabricating documents in MS word then they will be equal.
Fox is at least as trustworthy as any of them (which is to say not at all).
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
I trust Fox News far more that communist radio NPR that worships at the alter of Obama. They practically drool when he talks. Doesn't anyone have a problem with the government owning media? Isn't it bad enough that the private own media swoons on every word Obama says? He already owns the banks and 2/3 of the American car industry. This doesn't bother anyone else?
At the next eco-hypocrisy-meeting, count the private jets used to get to the meeting. Should be interesting to see that
News Corp is just one TV channel (FOX news), and also not sucking money out of my wallet (since it's a private corporation).
In contrast NPR is sucking money out of my wallet, in order to push a pro-"let big government control all" agenda, and I'm sick of it. NPR needs to be cut off from receiving taxpayer dollars, and stand on its own two feet (via donations, or commercials, or both).
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
I'd rather have government subsidized media than Faux New's constant sucking of corporate and/or republican cock...