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by am1988 3241 days ago
> Obviously false.

Justify this. The funding is legislated into place in such a way that they are not subject to the whims of a new budget. Removing it would require actually changing the law, which ensures that a government trying to do so is subject to scrutiny.

That seems about as good as you can reasonably expect.

> Don't pretend there are no other funding models.

I didn't. Don't put words in my mouth.

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> That seems about as good as you can reasonably expect.

... assuming you want the news to be government-funded and, therefore, government-run.

Some of us see a problem in that.