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It's no coincidence that at a time of eroding democracy, public journalism is being cut.
by slantedview 9mo ago
It's no coincidence that at a time of eroding democracy, public journalism is being cut.
- codeddesign 9mo ago[flagged]
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- jjulius 9mo agoThis entire response is disingenuously obtuse.
- codeddesign 9mo agoLike it or not, the entire response is accurate.
- zzrrt 9mo agoOk then, I look forward to my tax breaks and refunds enabled by cutting this program. I’m sure it’s in the mail with all the other dividends for citizens that Trump mentions every few months.
- codeddesign 9mo agoAgain, this would be the Legislative branch. Your right to vote has not decreased, and you can absolutely contact your senator to introduce a bill for what you stated. I mean, you have a representative. Absolutely use them if you dislike something. However, disagreeing with the Legislative or Executive branch in no way erodes your democratic rights.
- thatcat 9mo agoYou're correct, the non existent democratic rights of the people have not been eroded. As you have you described, USA is a Republic not a Democracy.
- codeddesign 9mo agoWell, your democratic right would be to vote. However, as you said we are in a democratic republic where we don’t vote to make the laws but rather vote for representatives.
- zzrrt 9mo agoMy right to vote for a Congress member and tell them what I want to fund is nullified, if the president refuses to follow the budget laws they passed.
- chasil 9mo agoAt the same time, even with the mayhem of the current executive, it is important to read the room. The house of representatives controls the budget. Moderating perceived bias would be an obvious survival strategy. Edit: Oh, drat, I've been ostracized. Whatever will I do?
- Braxton1980 9mo ago>Moderating perceived bias would be an obvious survival strategy. >Oh, drat, I've been ostracized. Whatever will I do? Because you seemed to think the issue was the lack of reason when it's actually the reason itself. Also, the government acting on perception instead of evidence is horrible. In my opinion the claims of bias at PBS were done to keep the core Republican voter base energized. They've been told to not trust the media while Trump appoints multiple Foxnews employees to high level positions in the government.
- chasil 9mo agoRight. Posted below, but this is clear as reported by their own. https://www.thefp.com/p/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-trust https://www.thefp.com/p/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-tru...
- meltyness 9mo agoAs an avid and long term PBS viewer, donor, news hour west was 90% a waste of time anyway. Most evenings it is virtually the same broadcast, same segments. Media is more VOD-oriented anyway. They have been posting both broadcasts to YouTube for years, so you can assess this if you'd like. The exception is if there's something notable to report on between 5PM and 8PM EST
- wtcactus 9mo agoOne man’s public journalism is another man’s state sponsored propaganda. I don’t want my extorted taxes funding any of this. I hope other countries in Europe follow suit and shut down any state funded media and journalism networks. P.S. Funnily enough, in my country, the hard left was very fond of the state media network - that they filled with their own talking heads - until recently when the present center right government started changing the seats to their own apparatchiks and the programs started to change from hard left propaganda to neo-liberal propaganda. Now, they don’t fancy all that money going to the state media channels anymore. Suits them right.
- hearsathought 9mo agoNothing erodes democracy more than government funded propaganda.
- meowface 9mo agoMost of your comments on this site are apologia for China's government.
- hearsathought 9mo agoThat's not true. I just point out obvious bullshit lies about china and others that I've heard over and over again. It's not my fault that people like you spout the same bullshit over and over again and mostly about china.