Topic: We should subsidize journalism

Argument: we need journalists to keep us informed as to what is going on in the world

Argument: we need to make sure that journalism keeps attracting the best people

Argument: we need to subsidize journalism so that it continues to draw in good people

Argument: we ought to subsidize journalism to get young people interested in the field

Argument: we should fund journalism to serve the public interest.

Argument: we should not because then more journalists will pop up and could spread false information.

Argument: we should not interfere with the free market, which subsidizing does. it throws the market out of balance and does not represent supply and demand when something is subsidized.

Argument: we should not subsidize journalism as they are private companies and can raise tons of money without our fear of bad reporting because their company would tank if they reported bad news.

Argument: we should not subsidize journalism because a lot of the journalists spread false news

Argument: we should not subsidize journalism because a lot of the things they say are false news

Argument: we should not subsidize journalism because a lot of the time they spread false information

Argument: we should not subsidize journalism because it acts to protect poorly run and inefficent media companies from normal market forces

Argument: we should not subsidize journalism because it is a poor use of public money when things like healthcare and education are short of funding

Argument: we should not subsidize journalism because it is a profession like any other and no other profession is getting subsidies.

Argument: We should not subsidize journalism because it will undermine editorial independence and make all the news more biased towards the government.

Argument: We should not subsidize journalism because it would funnel money into newspapers that are for profit entities and not deserving of public funds.

Argument: We should not subsidize journalism because money is fungible and this would trade off with education and other more important issues.

Argument: We should not subsidize journalism because there is already sufficient coverage of major issues from different viewpoints without government action.

Argument: we should not subsidize journalism because we would not get accurate news.

Argument: we should not subsidize journalism is because the government will have a full control of news they are reporting and this is not good there is always a favorable sides will take place

Argument: we should subsidize journalism as it is a key element to investigating wrong doings in society

Argument: We should subsidize journalism because currently long form, investigative journalism is going away, which threatens the in-depth analysis voters need to understand complex issues.

Argument: we should subsidize journalism because democracy can only function well if the public is well informed by exposure to a broad spectrum of views.

Argument: We should subsidize journalism because information is necessary to facilitate democracy.