How to Save Journalism – Restore Founders Subsidy Policies
John Nichols & Robert W. McChesney in The Nation …
The argument for restoring the democracy-sustaining [gov’t media] subsidies of old–as opposed to the corporation-sustaining ones of recent decades–need not rest on models from two centuries ago. When the United States occupied Germany and Japan after World War II, Generals Eisenhower and MacArthur instituted lavish [gov’t media] subsidies to spawn a vibrant, independent press in both nations. The generals recognized that a docile press had been the handmaiden of fascism and that a stable democracy requires diverse and competitive news media
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