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For those who are against this move, in general are you in favor of government journalism in general? Do you think the US would be better with more government journalism? Should there be a a US postal service newspaper, a bureau of land management newspaper, possibly a US Customs and immigration service newspaper? If not, what's so special about having a government-run military newspaper that you think it should exist, but not the others?

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PBS and NPR are generally okayish, they certainly look good when compared to their commercial equivalents anyway... though that might be damning with faint praise. I'm not sure of these are valid comparisons to Stars and Stripes though.

NPR and PBS both receive the majority of their funding from private sources, so I don't think its a valid comparison.

BBC generally works pretty well and produces a lot of quality content (even many kinds that are not necessarily commercially viable but nevertheless benefit us all when they're made).

I don't see what's inherently negative about government journalism, although I certainly wouldn't trust the independence of say Voice of America based on the way it's run. But the BBC shows it doesn't necessarily have to be that way.

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