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[โ€“] gens@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I thought about it years ago. Came to the conclusion that they would have to be extremely popular. Good journalists have good pays, after all.

Edit: I think there should be some multi-national free/objective reporting fund to make it possible.

[โ€“] Aux@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Mmm, there is something like that in the UK. It's called a TV licence. The idea stopped working with the advent of the internet. Why pay into the funds when you can get everything you want for free?