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by Maxamillion96 417 days ago
news is a social good while social media in its current form is a social ill.
2 comments

On the one hand: tax all companies and people to pay for it. I’m all for that.

On the other: news is largely produced by private companies. Their ability to reach customers and their financial viability is their problem and their responsibility. I don’t see any proposals to extort Craigslist, and they’re equally if not more responsible for the situations news companies find themselves in.

Depends on the news