[krapp]

>Maybe in the US, but even there you have things like NPR and publicly funded libraries which are not seen as "bad things" as far as I can tell.

NPR is universally denounced by the American right as leftist/Democratic Party propaganda. Also PBS. Fox News once went so far as to call Mister Rogers an "evil, evil man."

As far as public libraries go, I've seen many claims that their only utility is as public toilets for the homeless.

[dfxm12]

NPR is universally denounced by the American right as leftist/Democratic Party propaganda. Also PBS.

This is a meaningless distinction when those in the American right also make claims that Fox News is too liberal.

Including: Six viewers who spoke with The Post mentioned a transfer of power to “the sons,” whom they said were “liberal.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2020/12/27/fox-news-vie...

[rhacker]

> those in the American right also make claims that Fox News is too liberal.

So if 1 person says Fox news is too left, then it's impossible to say "NPR is universally denounced by the American right as leftist/Democratic Party propaganda"

That's a bit overreaching argument that doesn't follow.

[dfxm12]

Well, it's a good thing that's not my argument, then.

[krapp]

Fair point, but they've always hated NPR.

[masswerk]

However, quite paradoxically, the same kind of people are happy with living along 'communist' streets, instead of insisting on them becoming privately owned toll roads. I guess, there's still hope.

Edit: Meaning, as long as we are social animals, information is infrastructure. And there seems to be still a place for public infrastructure that is not contested.