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NBC News Digital, NY Times and WashPost’s Union Votes to Request 'Public Financing for Journalism’
NewsBusters ^ | 5/4/2020 | Joseph Vazquez

Posted on 05/04/2020 3:30:32 PM PDT by JV3MRC

One of the premier national unions for liberal outlets such as NBC News Digital, The Washington Post and The New York Times actually voted to request the government finance the news industry with taxpayer dollars. Surprisingly, it was The Times that released the story Sunday May 3. The article noted how the president of the “most prominent journalists’ union in the country, the NewsGuild, crossed a line that once seemed unimaginable: He asked the government for money.” Then came the kicker: “The guild’s leaders voted to request “‘public financing for journalism.’” NewsGuild President Jon Schleuss said that “One thing we can't remain objective about is our own demise."

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To: HangnJudge

News organizations should have to stand on their own like they used to, no deep pocket overlords like Comcast, PG&E and Amazon.


61 posted on 05/04/2020 7:47:27 PM PDT by MAAG ( “Tetelestai”)
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To: JV3MRC

Call me back when you start doing “journalism”. Thanks!


62 posted on 05/04/2020 7:49:47 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: JV3MRC

NBC News? Aren’t the the goons who protected Harvey Weinstein?


63 posted on 05/04/2020 9:23:47 PM PDT by GOPJ (Was misery & death worth the four bucks saved on the crappy waffle-iron 'made in China?)
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To: JV3MRC

Pravda and Izvestia were government financed too.


64 posted on 05/05/2020 4:45:41 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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