Commentary
In the age of tailored internet news based on individual predilections and tastes, blogs of every specialty and complexion numbering in the thousands, and cable channels catering to whichever way one leans ideologically, taxpayer-financed media organizations have been dinosaurs for decades.
The argument that has long been made for having the federal government sustain what is labeled “public broadcasting”—although it appears so often to run contrary to public opinion and sensibility—is that there is demand for information that cannot support itself independently. Yet we must see to it that those delivering such material with cash assistance from government enjoy total editorial independence….