Sigh... while journalism does need money - can somebody post non paywalled text? I'd like to read this.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/02/14/fast-facts-...
Unless you want to create a BBC-esque public broadcasting and news-gathering operation. In which case, you'll still be paying, just via taxes.
(Also, right now the WSJ has a $1 for 2 months option. Which is probably a pain to cancel, but still.)
It's called the Wall Street Journal, correct?
Didn't Wall Street just get... y'know, a few trillion un-traced doll-hairs? Perhaps... they could fund the journalism.
In all seriousness: In a civil society, what the U.S. claims to be (IIRC, somebody correct me if I'm mistaken) - Journalism should be funded by institutions. Perhaps - funded by the government, at a loss - for the sake of informing the populace. I think, in a functional civil society, that's atleast somewhat close to how things should work. I believe it may not go hand in hand with human nature though...
Thanks to all who helped for my first question though.
state run media... i think that's been tried before. maybe a couple of times.
But its much easier to control narrative if there are only few outlets. And now in post-truth world average Joe doesn't read anything but facebook, or some rage broadcast.
Read Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, to see why the funding has stopped.