TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years agoJournalism Is a Public Good and Should Be Publicly Fundedwww.scientificamerican.comexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1621file-textcross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.ee
arrow-up1621external-linkJournalism Is a Public Good and Should Be Publicly Fundedwww.scientificamerican.comTokenBoomer@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square81fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.ee
minus-squarebuckykatlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 years agoOne of the major problems with PBS and NPR is they aren’t publicly funded enough so they have to get a lot of funding from billionaires’ foundations.
minus-squareinstamat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoOh no, please, let the billionaires keep their money! They worked so hard for it.
minus-squarebuckykatlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoWhen their foundations fund NPR, that’s the editorial line that gets taken, yes.
minus-squareagentshags@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThey do make it clear of they get funding from a company they report on, at least
One of the major problems with PBS and NPR is they aren’t publicly funded enough so they have to get a lot of funding from billionaires’ foundations.
Oh no, please, let the billionaires keep their money! They worked so hard for it.
When their foundations fund NPR, that’s the editorial line that gets taken, yes.
They do make it clear of they get funding from a company they report on, at least