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[John56{vg}]

Me too; I hope "they" make it mandatory.

By the way John - both of your favorite news outlets are owned by governments and paid for by compulsory taxation?

The BBC IS owned by the government of the U.K. That does not change the fact that its reporting is objective and that its news deals in the truth. And paid for with taxes, what is inherently wrong with that?

And you talk about "favorite" news outlets. They ARE my favorite, yes, but because they are the most objective, deal in facts and tell the whole story. When THAT is the case, who cares who owns them or how they are funded?

[Virulent]

I am a journalist

When THAT is the case, who cares who owns them or how they are funded?

To be clear John, I'm sure you know an awful lot about journalism that I don't. Truth be told, arguments from authority are meaningless to me though - so please help me follow your logic.

Obviously the BBC and NPR do not cover 100% of news-worthy stories. Therefore, they must utilize a metric to determine which ones not to cover.

Is it completely irrelevant that they are funded by a government? Would it be irrelevant if they were funded by a corporation or church?

I always thought Noam Chomsky had it right, when he said that BBC anchors don't self-censor; they believe every word they're told to say... else, they wouldn't be BBC anchors.