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Re:Tell HN: Now Washington Post is asking to turn off Firefo... by flukus on Friday October 12, 2018 @01:28AM (#18199436)
Nearly all of it. My country and many others have a national tax funded news organisation that does a far better job of informing than any of the commercial operators. This is a much better funding model that doesn't rely on sensationalism or pandering to a particular audience to drive eyeballs.
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Re:Tell HN: Now Washington Post is asking to turn off Firefo... by reaperducer on Friday October 12, 2018 @01:58AM (#18199561)
doesn't rely on sensationalism or pandering to a particular audience to drive eyeballs.

In theory, it should. But anyone who follows the internal drama of the BBC, for example, knows this isn't the case.

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