Top Journalism School Wants Taxpayers to Fund Reporters and Dying Media Outlets
It’s hard to imagine how American media could get any worse.
One surefire way to do it would be to make journalists and media outlets wards of the state. Can you imagine a media that relies on government to get funded and paid? They already act like activists and this would only encourage them to do so.
This would basically make all of the media like PBS and NPR.
The Washington Examiner reports:
Top journalism school pushes taxpayer funding of reporters and media outlets
As the death spiral ravaging local news picks up speed, eliminating one-third of all newspapers since 2005, calls are growing for taxpayers and corporations to cover the costs of reporters and media outlets.