Scientific American

  • hh93@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    No - if you make the funding independent from taxes then it doesn’t have to be in favour of the government.

    The German publicly funded journalism is a mandatory payment by everyone unrelated to their taxes (which makes it a favourite target for right wing people claiming it’s unfair because it’s too liberal for their taste when it’s literally the definition of fact and science based centrist reporting)

    The are often critical with the government and not propaganda at all.

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      1 year ago

      The German publicly funded journalism is a mandatory payment by everyone unrelated to their taxes

      What exactly is it that you think a tax is?

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        1 year ago

        Something that is automatically taken in proportion of either the value or your income

        I don’t think taxes can be a fixed amount

        Also it’s not the state that’s collecting it which also is a difference

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      1 year ago

      But the political parties have a lot influence on who is getting the (very well payed) jobs so its not like its really independent.