| ▲ | afavour 2 hours ago | |
> Want to get a higher budget next year? You better run some stories on the great work that the current government is doing or else... This is why you fund public media sensibly, outside the control of any given administration. It is possible to do, though given the current state of US politics it doesn’t seem remotely likely. | ||
| ▲ | rdm_blackhole an hour ago | parent [-] | |
> This is why you fund public media sensibly, outside the control of any given administration. That is a very nice solution but it doesnt work in practice. If the budgets are decided by the government then there is always the possibility that neutrality on some subjects may be missing or that some amount of pressure will be applied in order to get some stories buried or on the contrary exacerbated. Since there is no way to know which is which then how can you trust it? Personally I don't. | ||