There’s a difference between state-funded and partisan state media. And technically all major newspapers in Canada get some funding from the government, for example.
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zephyreks@lemmy.ca 9 months agoMusk wasn’t wrong in applying the state media tag to NPR/BBC/CBC. At the end of the day, they are funded by the state.
Pxtl@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
barsoap@lemm.ee 9 months ago
They didn’t label e.g. DW, which very much is state-fundend, not public, media. They’re not even allowed to broadcast within Germany: Not only is it state TV, on top of that it’s federal state TV. Broadcasting in Germany is prerogative of the states, the federation doesn’t get a single say.
Disclosing ownership/financing structures of media outlets is never a bad thing. DW is in every way whatsoever Germany’s foreign propaganda outlet, it has some very clear editorial lines aligning it 110% to German foreign policy. That it also has better journalistic integrity than the BBC not to speak of Radio Liberty or any large privately-financed broadcaster is another topic.
zephyreks@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
State funding describes a conflict of interest, whether perceived or actual.
Pxtl@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
There’s an ocean of difference between “funded by a democratic country and operated through an arm’s length organization” and “funded by a totalitarian dictatorship to be an apparatus of the state”.
the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: “theres actually zero difference between good & bad things. you imbecile. you fucking moron”
– Dril
zephyreks@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Does that claim remove the existence of conflict of interest?
Heresy_generator@kbin.social 9 months ago
Less than 1% of NPR's budget comes from the state. At that rate SpaceX's press releases should get the same label because way more than 1% of their revenue comes from the state.