[pmorici]

Then why not write an article advocating a higher taxes policy? Taxing doesn’t magically make money multiply in fact a donation managed properly can endow a charitable organization indefinitely that is never the case with government taxation since taxes are always spent and never invested. Your argument makes no sense.

[JaimeThompson]

>since taxes are always spent and never invested

Are not the road networks and other such infrastructure investments? What about the basic science research the government funds?

[SamoyedFurFluff]

I don’t understand how reporters apparently don’t advocate for higher taxes. Wealth tax has been a radar on political reporting beat for ages. Elizabeth Warren campaigned on it and tons of ink was spilled analyzing on if it would work, how it would work, and headlines made over bill gates being “scared” of it or whatever.

Additionally, it can be true that one endowment to a charity can keep the charity perpetual while also criticizing that charity overall is not a sustainable model of good in society broadly. One of the things that come to mind is that a billionaire is unlikely to fund an anti-billionaire charity, for example a charity for renters rights and renter organization Eg. Rent strikes and the like.

[pmorici]

What does advocating for that position have to do with dragging someone for donations to charities?

Also why are journalists advocating anything they should be reporting facts. Advocacy belongs in the opinion section.

[SamoyedFurFluff]

Reporters are always advocating based on what they believe are facts from their backgrounds. That’s why media in America are always covering less wealthy countries as “war-torn x dealing with militant y” and never the same language to America. There was a hilarious thread in which a Kenyan reporter did headlines on America the same way America reported Kenya.

And it doesn’t have anything to do with the other. I don’t even know why it was brought up as an alternative.