• FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I think the Brits have it right with BBC. It’s not perfect but everyone pays a tiny bit and it funds news and dedicated programming

    What we really need is to reinstate the Fairness Doctorine and stare straight at fox

    • zabadoh@ani.social
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      4 months ago

      That’s what NPR and PBS were supposed to be, but they’re so perpetually underfunded that they’re almost commercial stations. edit: with corporate sponsors and viewer funding pledge drives.

      Some public stations have been taken over by right wing orgs that came in with massive funding.

      Gift link to SF Chronicle article
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