As a gun rights guy, I have a lot of discussions with people about gun control, and I’m often told that gun rights should come with some responsibilities.
I believe the subscribing and watching/reading public is working miracles in cutting off the mainstream media. Polling as opposed to results in most recent elections seem to lead to a real loss in media influence. Our problem is not restricting financial incentives for others to use the media selling their products. Take away drug and lawyer advertising and I believe the old media would finally collapse, or better yet, be forced to become the voice of the people Constitutional protections tried to insure.
Further to your thoughts on letting the market itself destroy the MSM... Here in Canada the Feds have been and continue to financially subsidize the big networks. With taxpayer money. To the tune of over 30% of their entire budgets. The big networks and establishment media have become paid shills for the party in power; which is almost always Liberals. Sound historically familiar?
We've also seen publishers and media used as a money laundering operation. Write something false about the right people, get a fat "advance" from various mega-millionaires, or organizations such as unions.
I believe the subscribing and watching/reading public is working miracles in cutting off the mainstream media. Polling as opposed to results in most recent elections seem to lead to a real loss in media influence. Our problem is not restricting financial incentives for others to use the media selling their products. Take away drug and lawyer advertising and I believe the old media would finally collapse, or better yet, be forced to become the voice of the people Constitutional protections tried to insure.
Tom:
Further to your thoughts on letting the market itself destroy the MSM... Here in Canada the Feds have been and continue to financially subsidize the big networks. With taxpayer money. To the tune of over 30% of their entire budgets. The big networks and establishment media have become paid shills for the party in power; which is almost always Liberals. Sound historically familiar?
We've also seen publishers and media used as a money laundering operation. Write something false about the right people, get a fat "advance" from various mega-millionaires, or organizations such as unions.
Well said. Quinn Que just posted an excellent essay overlapping on this topic; I found it useful.
https://edokwin.substack.com/p/error-has-no-rights?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=250377&post_id=199505703&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=6ylnr&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email