people shouldn't be able to make money with anything that's a public good. Maximizing Money-output always reduces the Quality making everyone pay for the money the "business-man" wants for himself, just because we cannot not-buy food, gas, .....
There is enough luxurious stuff out there for people to make money with. The greater good is more important than individual wealth.
there is a difference between "public service" and "philanthropy". Philanthropy is in essence public relations: the rich selling the idea that in fact they are compassionate human beings too, which they are most certainly not. "Public" on the other hand means: 100% funded by taxpayers which is a legitimate way of funding journalism. That's why BBC and CBC does superior journalism to anything the CPB is putting out through NPR which is funded by private charities and rich family foundations.
There are two essential elements missing from the commercial news.
The obvious one being a fair balance in the selection of stories being published.
The second and even more important one would be context.
We need the main sources of information to complement every piece with at the very least a blurb of background informations to allow readers to relate the new bit of information to the big picture. This element being absent or inadequate is an important factor in public misinformation.
I'm afraid this absolutely critical point will remain ignored for yet a long time.
It is a major flaw in our democracies that is turning them into an absurd proposition. Commercial news simply cannot be the main source of information.
The need to sell the news keep the media centered around a form of "Edutainment" that is far removed from the fair and complete information
that is required for a properly working democracy.
people shouldn't be able to make money with anything that's a public good. Maximizing Money-output always reduces the Quality making everyone pay for the money the "business-man" wants for himself, just because we cannot not-buy food, gas, .....
There is enough luxurious stuff out there for people to make money with. The greater good is more important than individual wealth.
liquidminds 10 months ago
there is a difference between "public service" and "philanthropy". Philanthropy is in essence public relations: the rich selling the idea that in fact they are compassionate human beings too, which they are most certainly not. "Public" on the other hand means: 100% funded by taxpayers which is a legitimate way of funding journalism. That's why BBC and CBC does superior journalism to anything the CPB is putting out through NPR which is funded by private charities and rich family foundations.
szatmar666 10 months ago 4
we just skip the ads no matter how much they try to cram in the first 3 seconds so please make it more comfortable and get rid of them.
2323jimmy23 10 months ago
There are two essential elements missing from the commercial news.
The obvious one being a fair balance in the selection of stories being published.
The second and even more important one would be context.
We need the main sources of information to complement every piece with at the very least a blurb of background informations to allow readers to relate the new bit of information to the big picture. This element being absent or inadequate is an important factor in public misinformation.
kobidreamer 10 months ago
I'm afraid this absolutely critical point will remain ignored for yet a long time.
It is a major flaw in our democracies that is turning them into an absurd proposition. Commercial news simply cannot be the main source of information.
The need to sell the news keep the media centered around a form of "Edutainment" that is far removed from the fair and complete information
that is required for a properly working democracy.
kobidreamer 10 months ago
It's not a market failure if something you want isn't made alot you (insert mean words)
greenghost2008 10 months ago
I think this is an excellent idea. Once money comes into the equation, motives are made. And motives are exactly what we DON'T need in journalism...
Taking out a dependence on revenue and donation will eliminate massive amounts of manipulation in the media.
squidtantrum 10 months ago
Hm.. hope this video is awesome.
AgrivatedKillah 10 months ago