• Jo MiranOPM
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    13 days ago

    I don’t disagree but I also want to clarify that a press run or funded by the government is the opposite of a free press.

    • dustycups
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      12 days ago

      Run yes, funded no. ABC & BBC are a net positive - as long as they stay independent.

    • mathemachristian[he]
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      3 days ago

      Right, but it follows that at the moment no western liberal democracy has a mainstream free press since they’re all ran or at least funded by their liberal government or by private capital