> Journalism should be funded by institutions. Perhaps - funded by the government, at a loss - for the sake of informing the populace.
state run media... i think that's been tried before. maybe a couple of times.
state run media... i think that's been tried before. maybe a couple of times.
But its much easier to control narrative if there are only few outlets. And now in post-truth world average Joe doesn't read anything but facebook, or some rage broadcast.
Read Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, to see why the funding has stopped.