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A comment on China proposes prohibiting private investment in news service sector. Parent comment
Create one "donations to non-profit news" bucket, that people could freely contribute to (with tax advantages, like the election fund).
Then apportion that money out to all non-profit news organizations, according to some (readership) + (journalistic awards by their peers) weighting.
It removes the direct connection between donor and output, which is what we seem to want in news.
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Create one "donations to non-profit news" bucket, that people could freely contribute to (with tax advantages, like the election fund).
Then apportion that money out to all non-profit news organizations, according to some (readership) + (journalistic awards by their peers) weighting.
It removes the direct connection between donor and output, which is what we seem to want in news.