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minus-squareMaclinkfedilinkarrow-up24·7 months agodamn if only we could subsidize journalism instead of oil and meat oh well i guess
minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·7 months 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-up15·7 months agowith sufficient legislation, sure. Do you inherently distrust NPR?
minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 months 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.
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.