Hehe, should Tesla also fix German diesel car industry it's now actively breaking?
Really reminds me of my old (socialist) government who kept big failing companies on a life support due to so-called "national interest". They all horribly failed right after transition because their products were completely obsolete and unable to function on a free market.
I don’t think Tesla and the German automotive industry is a good comparison.
I think free (as in speech) high quality journalism has a special place in democratic countries, which needs to be protected and funded. I don’t think the same applies to the automotive industry.
I don’t disagree that old media companies have failed to innovate and modernise. But equally the impact of the internet and entities like Google and Facebook on news is undeniable. We’ve lost huge amounts of investigative journalism, both local and national. And replaced it with click bait memes that serve to drive uncritical opinions, making it easier for leaders to act with indiscretion, and get away with it.
Can you prove that the old media is any less biased and politically funded than the new one? That they actually were more politically neutral and valuable?
Clearly old media is a mixed bag. Some do spread misinformation, and those seem to be the most popular outlets today.
But there is a third possible solution: sue the spreaders in civil court. Example: Fox News in October 2020 paid out millions to the family of a dead DNC staffer about whom Fox had repeatedly spread incendiary and false stories.
Of course, some people will say the courts can be biased...
Really reminds me of my old (socialist) government who kept big failing companies on a life support due to so-called "national interest". They all horribly failed right after transition because their products were completely obsolete and unable to function on a free market.