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Or information is treated as a public good and publicly supported through taxes and an independent entity.

https://www.worldcat.org/title/telecommunications-mass-media...

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Then it would be indirectly controlled by Government in power,In effect WORSE than current state.

Hence an independent entity.

The history is complex. Presently the press are ruled by advertisers.

https://archive.org/details/commercialismjou00holtuoft

There's no such thing as a truly independent entity if someone else controls the purse strings.

Much of government, including elements somewhat more capable than the press, manages not to be absolutely partisan: police, military, courts, intelligence, inland revenue, the post office.

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