• Mac@mander.xyz
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    11 months ago

    damn if only we could subsidize journalism instead of oil and meat

    oh well i guess

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      11 months ago

      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?

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        6 days ago

        We have that in Germany. Everyone pays a monthly fee that is not controlled by the government to create unbiased news and media

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          11 months ago

          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.