BuzzFeed Says Posts Were Deleted Because of Advertising Pressure

Re:BuzzFeed Says Posts Were Deleted Because of Advertising P... by lifeisstillgood on Sunday April 19, 2015 @02:12AM (#9402199)

This is one area, as a Brit, that I see government as vital in the provision of independant journalism. Which is pretty much a tautology but it can work - cf BBC.

Have a specialised tax, ring fenced solely for journalism, and let it fund a small number of statutory independant organisations.

It's probably my most socialist leaning.

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Re:BuzzFeed Says Posts Were Deleted Because of Advertising P... by cbd1984 on Thursday April 23, 2015 @10:10PM (#9431054)

If you think the BBC is not influenced by its funding source, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

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Re:BuzzFeed Says Posts Were Deleted Because of Advertising P... by peteretep on Sunday April 19, 2015 @02:56AM (#9402274)

The govt doesn't (just) give you independent news via the Beeb - all TV news is required to be editorially neutral. Sky News is (amazingly) a pretty good news source

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Re:BuzzFeed Says Posts Were Deleted Because of Advertising P... by lifeisstillgood on Sunday April 19, 2015 @04:23AM (#9402401)

Sorry - the U.S. Does not?!

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Re:BuzzFeed Says Posts Were Deleted Because of Advertising P... by peteretep on Monday April 20, 2015 @01:22AM (#9406319)

Require non-neutrality in broadcast news?

On the assumption that that's a sincere question, no, no it doesn't. Fox News and MSNBC being particularly egregious examples of "news" that push right and left wing views respectively.

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