Scientific American

  • HughJanus
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    1 year ago

    No? Publicly funded journalism is called propaganda.

    • hh93@lemm.ee
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      No - if you make the funding independent from taxes then it doesn’t have to be in favour of the government.

      The German publicly funded journalism is a mandatory payment by everyone unrelated to their taxes (which makes it a favourite target for right wing people claiming it’s unfair because it’s too liberal for their taste when it’s literally the definition of fact and science based centrist reporting)

      The are often critical with the government and not propaganda at all.

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        The German publicly funded journalism is a mandatory payment by everyone unrelated to their taxes

        What exactly is it that you think a tax is?

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          Something that is automatically taken in proportion of either the value or your income

          I don’t think taxes can be a fixed amount

          Also it’s not the state that’s collecting it which also is a difference

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            1 year ago

            I don’t think taxes can be a fixed amount

            Of course it can, and is.

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        But the political parties have a lot influence on who is getting the (very well payed) jobs so its not like its really independent.

      • HughJanus
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        1 year ago

        If the library is filled solely with publicly-funded books, sure. They aren’t.

    • Wats0ns@sh.itjust.works
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      In Europe, we have public services news organizations, that are still independent. While not perfect, they’re more independent from their state than most newspapers are from their shareholders. You can read more about Arte, the European public service channel dedicated to culture