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Re:Trump bans EPA employees from giving social media updates by gvd on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @01:10AM (#13479089)
I disagree. Government can fund media, without you immediately thinking of Russia. Being Dutch originally, I would refer you to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_public_broadcasting_syst...

Note that this is not a closed system where there is no private news/tv.

Also, look at DW (Deutsche Welle) and BBC. Whatever your opinion, these still provide much better information than whatever you can get in the US (well, you can actually get BBC/DW).

I would love to hear a better approach.

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Re:Trump bans EPA employees from giving social media updates by jakeogh on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @01:15AM (#13479116)
Money _is_ influence.

How about letting the media stand on it's own legs? Why should NPR be special? Even their name is a dishonest appeal to authority. It's not random that they have show titles like "Talk of the Nation".

As far as I know, NYT does not receive public funding, but I think this window is instructive on how the "elite" media views themselves:

http://i.imgur.com/VUdcIou.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CIMxvS-WEAER49I.png

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CINJUoqUwAEkSip.jpg

Fortunately most of them are going down in flames and it's only going to get better as people have access to more unfiltered information.

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Re:Trump bans EPA employees from giving social media updates by gvd on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @01:24AM (#13479164)
That's exactly why you need public media. Not everybody can afford NYT
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Re:Trump bans EPA employees from giving social media updates by masonic on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @08:51PM (#13488072)
But PBS/NPR are "public" only in the sense they are publicly funded. They aren't balanced in any way, nor do they invite public participation.

What would you consider to be the "conservative" equivalent of the following?:

- To The Contrary

- Latino USA

- Frontline (political topics)

- Democracy Now!

- Charlie Rose

- Tavis Smiley

- John Lewis - Get in the Way

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Re:Trump bans EPA employees from giving social media updates by jakeogh on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @01:29AM (#13479189)
We should fund NYT too by your logic.
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Re:Trump bans EPA employees from giving social media updates by gvd on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @01:50AM (#13479292)
No
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Re:Trump bans EPA employees from giving social media updates by jakeogh on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @02:02AM (#13479352)
Who gets to decide NPR should get funding and not NYT? I'll tell you, it's whoever is in power. I'm guessing you dont like Trump and the conservative wing of the Republican party, do you want him/them making that decision?

Amazons best seller list has a book about the truth deciders at the top right now.

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Re:Trump bans EPA employees from giving social media updates by DrScump on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @08:31PM (#13487976)
Some context for the latter two photos would be helpful.
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