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Speaking of scare quotes, how about this one: "Public" Television.
Or, National "Public" Radio.
Should, say, the government step in and rescue The New York Times and The Washington Post from the Internet, talk radio and cable news?
Well, how much different would this look from PBS and NPR?
What is always most crucial in the news media is the extent to which those who own them can separate themselves...content wise...from those who pay the bills.
Corporate advertisers pay the bills with respect to the private media, of course. And so this media [including The New York Times] is always very, very careful as to where to draw the line between criticism of, say, the flagrant crony capitalism that u ... view full comment
Speaking of scare quotes, how about this one: "Public" Television.
Or, National "Public" Radio.
Should, say, the government step in and rescue The New York Times and The Washington Post from the Internet, talk radio and cable news?
Well, how much different would this look from PBS and NPR?
What is always most crucial in the news media is the extent to which those who own them can separate themselves...content wise...from those who pay the bills.
Corporate advertisers pay the bills with respect to the private media, of course. And so this media [including The New York Times] is always very, very careful as to where to draw the line between criticism of, say, the flagrant crony capitalism that unfolds between Washington and New York...and out and out exposing it. You see the difference?
Does anyone here believe that Jim Leher and the News Hour is exempt from this fundamental narrative? Only Bill Moyers pushes the envelope here and he is always careful to point out he has but one corporate sponser for the Journal.
Now, why do you suppose he does that? Why do you suppose small left-wing publications like to point out how they are free of corporate advertising. With respect to a truly free press, why do you think this might be important?
george walton
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