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minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mlOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 days agoI don’t disagree but I also want to clarify that a press run or funded by the government is the opposite of a free press.
minus-squaredustycups@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoRun yes, funded no. ABC & BBC are a net positive - as long as they stay independent.
minus-squaremathemachristian[he]@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-210 days agoRight, but it follows that at the moment no western liberal democracy has a mainstream free press since they’re all ran or at least funded by their liberal government or by private capital
I don’t disagree but I also want to clarify that a press run or funded by the government is the opposite of a free press.
Run yes, funded no. ABC & BBC are a net positive - as long as they stay independent.
Right, but it follows that at the moment no western liberal democracy has a mainstream free press since they’re all ran or at least funded by their liberal government or by private capital