Topic: We should subsidize journalism
nothing should be subsidized it should be self funding
one problem i find with subsidizing it is that when they go after the people in power they could cut their funding so they would be gun shy about reporting that.
people don't want to pay for freedom of the press
presentation of information is important and needs help to keep it viable and reliable.
quality journalism is important it's the way we know what the people in power are doing. it's important to fund that.
quality of journalists may go down if there are more around.
reputable journalists should get the funds they need to get their stories quickly and accurately.
serious investigative journalism  provides an essential service in a free and open society. subsidizing it would enable non-partizan media sources to continue with less financial strain.
serious, investigative journalism  provides necessary checks and balances to those in positions of power and subsidizing it would ensure a free press is under less financial pressure.
So much of journalism today is fake news designed to "get clicks" and earn ad revenue.
some journalists struggle with finding a platform to express their opinions and subsidization could help with that.
State subsidies for jouranalism aren't supported by a majority of the populace, making it undemocratic and not something the state should do.
State subsidies for journalism will make different journalistic organizations compete for those subsidies, which will likely take the form of organizations competing to please the government.
State subsidies for journalism will make journals financially dependent on the government, which will allow the government to influence what news gets reported and how the reporting is done.
state subsidy of journalism would threaten the independence and objectivity of any such reporting. what journalist is going to bite the hand that feeds them?
subsidies can help to encourage people to become journalists.
subsidies can make journalists biased towards the companies subsidising them
subsidies could make for worse quality journalism because more people are trying to get a cut of the money.
Subsidies for journalism will allow organizations to promote themselves, instead of having to rely on bad platforms like facebook that push them to compromise the material in order to get top advertising.
subsidised journalism leaves us at risk of governmental interference in the news we are allowed to see.
subsidising journalism will put more resources into good investagative journalism.
subsidising journalism would enable more people to broadcast their viewpoint and include more opinions in mainstream journalism.
Subsidization will allow journals to act on stories that are most important instead of just those that will get them the most money, which means you will get more airing of important but less catchy stories.
subsidization would cause biased reporting
subsidize journalism is obligatory in western world because `free speech` is one of the first element in democracy.
subsidize journalism means getting people writing what they think will get them more money, so we should avoid this practice.