Re:Opinion: Remember reading the paper?
by rdiddly on Saturday February 05, 2022 @04:52PM
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The title and the article itself also both seem to take as a presupposition the notion that the truth is what's behind those paywalls, while what's out here for free is inherently "disinformation." (There is plenty of truth in free independent news outlets, and plenty of disinformation being disseminated by corporate ones.)
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Re:Opinion: Remember reading the paper?
by pklausler on Saturday February 05, 2022 @05:54PM
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Ironically, NPR is free. (Unless you support your local public broadcaster, which I do, since mine is pretty good.)
Re:Opinion: Remember reading the paper?
by rdiddly on Saturday February 05, 2022 @07:02PM
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Yeah the article also seems like a little bit of a dig from a government-supported news source against corporate ones that charge money. Meant to come back & add that, but got distracted!
This document does not support this statement that NPR is government supported in any significant way. NPR is mostly supported by private corporate donations (about 40%) and dues and fees paid by local stations (about 30%). The remaining funding is from cash contributions from private citizens and a few other miscellaneous sources.
https://www.npr.org/about-npr/178660742/public-radio-finance...