yep. and irishtimes, the jerusalem post, etc.etc.
the problem we have is whether the news should be objective, or make us feel good and know that all is well?
if the gov't run by any party always spilt bad news on the populace that wouldn't be so good?
the FCC, the FTC, etc. grant licenses to the media. that's a gov't thingy. that licence is valuable. almost like a hunting license.
radio free europe use to belch out the news. as far as i know, they have dwindled down a bit. some news on ham radio.
indeed, if there were an objective reporting system/base or outlet what would it look like? it'd have to make money to survive?
so, what would it sell? advertising? pretty women/men, good news, bad news? news from the Earth? what to sell, pray tell?
