I can't post a short quote that explains what this article profess. You have to read it, but here's a try:
It just so happens that nonprofit news organizations are perfectly optimized for that. They don’t have a shareholder or profit responsibility — they have a responsibility to a mission,” Voice of San Diego editor-in-chief Scott Lewis told me. “Thinking of journalism as an educational resource is a better way to anchor what we do.” The idea that the future of local news depends on recasting it as an essential public good came up again and again as I talked to people in the field. “The concept of journalism as an altruistic public benefit is key,”
Bottom line, shareholder profit incentives slant news and reporting. With the massive corporate mergers comes massively slanted reporting. There is no simple answer.
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Eco warriors and politics
- Suit alleging suppression of free speech met with skepticism at U.S. Supreme Court (TN Lookout)
- SCOTUS to hear case alleging federal government bullied social media into censoring content (TN Lookout)
- The embryonic life (TN Lookout)
- MTSU board chairman wants to close meetings for “sensitive” topics (TN Lookout)
- Working-class people rarely have a seat ‘at the legislative table’ in state capitols (TN Lookout)
- Anderson County man keeps the history of Claxton and TVA’s role in development (TN Lookout)
- Stockard on the Stump: Tennessee Senate works on cleaning up House of horrors (TN Lookout)
- Biden says it’s ‘vital’ for U.S. Steel to remain owned and operated by Americans (TN Lookout)
Science and stuff
- Long COVID brain fog may be due to damaged blood vessels in the brain (Science News Daily)
- Daddy longlegs look like they have two eyes. That doesn’t count the hidden ones (Science News Daily)
- Titan’s dark dunes could be made from comets (Science News Daily)
- Don’t use unsterilized tap water to rinse your sinuses. It may carry brain-eating amoebas (Science News Daily)
- Male dragonflies’ wax coats might protect them against a warming climate (Science News Daily)
- Male mammals aren’t always bigger than females (Science News Daily)
- The U.S. now has a drug for severe frostbite. How does it work? (Science News Daily)
- A decades-old mystery has been solved with the help of newfound bee species (Science News Daily)
- Four years on, the COVID-19 pandemic has a long tail of grief (Science News Daily)
- Big monarch caterpillars don’t avoid toxic milkweed goo. They binge on it (Science News Daily)
Discussing
- The Constitution Won, Trump Lost in Colorado...Now What? (1 reply)
- Our Very Own George Santos, TN GOP Congressman Ogles is Pretty Much Insane (1 reply)
- Destroying Jim Jordan, All Without Mentioning Jordan's Support For Sexual Abusing Athletes (1 reply)
- Want to See Who Owns Your State Senators and Reps? (1 reply)
- 9-11 Strangest Uninvestigated Fact (2 replies)
- It's Gettin' Real, Now...Gloria Johnson Made Wonkette! (1 reply)
- Does Rep Fritts Want School Shooters to Have Access to AR 15s? (2 replies)
- How many Trees Died Trying Save Us From Global Warming? (1 reply)
- Feel Good Friday,,,From our "If Only" Dept. (1 reply)
- Tennessee Education Worsens Under Bill Lee and GOP (1 reply)
- The Most Important Thing You Will Read Today! (1 reply)
- Friday Toons (1 reply)
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- Rep. Ron Travis
- Roane County
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- St. Sen. Ken Yager
Candidates:
Our late friend Rikki Hall
Our late friend Rikki Hall was on this idea several years ago. More recently, Knoxville Mercury tried it. They had a good run, but in the end the public support wasn't there. For some reason, people would rather pay for an inferior product like KNS.
Is it left to folks like us
(in reply to R. Neal)
Is it left to folks like us who don't need an income to deliver the "news"? If so we're in for a tough time.