China proposes prohibiting private investment in news service sector

Re:China proposes prohibiting private investment in news ser... by xattt on Saturday October 09, 2021 @11:22AM (#28810620)

An example of non-profit news in the US is PBS Newshour and in Canada, The Agenda with Steve Paikin on TVO. Both have broadcast pieces as well as accompanying online articles.

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Re:China proposes prohibiting private investment in news ser... by chmod600 on Saturday October 09, 2021 @12:11PM (#28811038)

PBS is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which is tax money. So it's more like NPR or the BBC.

Also, PBS has a variety of content and I don't think I know anyone who watches their news. Scarcely any of their content, but they have a few good things. I don't think they are taken very seriously as a news organization -- much less than NPR, for instance.

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Re:China proposes prohibiting private investment in news ser... by neltnerb on Saturday October 09, 2021 @02:43PM (#28812177)

I'm pretty sure they've repeatedly mentioned that they're also funded by viewers like me ;-)

Yes, they get government funding and have a public mission. But they also aren't entirely funded by tax dollars.

I do think they have a weird bias that they are very oblivious to, but I don't think it's exactly a pro-government bias. It seems more like a don't-be-controversial bias where the goalpost for that keeps shifting.

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Re:China proposes prohibiting private investment in news ser... by xattt on Saturday October 09, 2021 @02:30PM (#28812079)

Some of it may be tax money, but some of it is donations made by individuals and organizations. The credits of PBS Newshour front-load the show with names of the contributors.

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