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[-] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 107 points 1 year ago

Whether we like the Atlantic or not, I feel like at some point if we want quality journalism we need to fund it.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

But do paywalls actually encourage people to pay? I would point out that NPR/PBS and The Guardian are at least partially funded by the people but still offer news for free and it seems to work.

[-] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

NPR is funded by underwriters, donors, government grants, and licensing their content to affiliate stations. It’s actually really interesting to see how they’ve cobbled it together. So yeah it’s free for you and me but a lot of money is actually flowing back and forth.

Point being there are a lot of ways to fund things!

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

My point is they don't have to rely on paywalls. And I don't know about The Guardian, but NPR isn't trying to make a profit, which is probably part of it. Anyway, I use it for a lot of my news. It's not wholly impartial, but it tries a lot harder than most American news outlets.

[-] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I’m just saying there are a lot of ways to make it work!

[-] GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Regulation would be a better way to improve the quality of journalism, IMO.

[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I think that would be opening a pretty nasty can of worms. I don't trust any ruling power to decide what "quality" means for the press.

[-] GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not really opening up anything. For instance, BBC news is regulated and a lot more reliable and factual than anything in the US. And the US had minimal regulations which were removed in the late 80s and others removed in the 90s. That's why the quality of journalism in the corporate-controlled world has crumbled in my lifetime.

Or another way to put it: the ruling party DOES regulate the news in America, but the ruling party is the wealthy folks who own the news. There is almost no worse system than "funding" the news to get quality.

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