silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTrump Signs Executive Order Seeking to End Federal Funding for NPR and PBSwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squarebdjukeemgood@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoWait. Do we actually want our news funded by the government?
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYou understand that it isn’t the government’s money right? We should go further and fund local journalism like we fund libraries.
minus-squarebdjukeemgood@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoYes. Also apparently they get to decide how it’s distributed. Great way to get a citizen funded propaganda machine. 👌
Wait. Do we actually want our news funded by the government?
You understand that it isn’t the government’s money right?
We should go further and fund local journalism like we fund libraries.
Yes. Also apparently they get to decide how it’s distributed. Great way to get a citizen funded propaganda machine. 👌