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Re:6 Corporations Control 90% of the Media in America by Maarten88 on Sunday July 02, 2017 @11:50AM (#14683021)
Most western european countries have public media that operate independently from the government.

Many forms are possible: the British BBC single broadcaster model to the fragmented model of my country with many competing broadcasting associations. I think most models work out well enough.

Of course, comparing to Pravda is a straw man argument: I was promoting a balance between (independent) public and commercial media

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Re:6 Corporations Control 90% of the Media in America by barrkel on Sunday July 02, 2017 @12:54PM (#14683245)
I'm Irish and live in the UK; I understand your perspective. I don't think the BBC would work in the US, though, for cultural reasons I tried to outline. The political economy is structured such that it would be fatally lopsided.
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