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Originally Posted by Botnst
The alternative is to have news come from something other than a free market. That means that the news would be beholding to something other than the market.
What entity would you suggest?
How would you determine whether the alternative to a free market source is manipulated or not without having competing media sources?
Let's say (just for fun), that the current administration started-up a media source dependent on government for it's creation and continuation. Would that source be biased or unbiased? How would you tell?
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You misunderstand. I'm not saying don't have private companies do news. I'm saying consumers are not the ones holding power just because it is a free market. There are plenty of free markets in which the consumer has little to no power.
Also, bias is not a concern to me, as I've mentioned previously. The news outlets can be manipulated to anyone's purpose. My biggest problem with our news outlets is lack of information, not slant in presentation of information.