Comment by ceejayoz
2 days ago
I tend to prefer public media over corporate media. It’s not like the Murdochs are more trustworthy than Macron.
2 days ago
I tend to prefer public media over corporate media. It’s not like the Murdochs are more trustworthy than Macron.
Interesting how people like it use sympathetic terms (“public media”) while those who don’t use pejorative terms (“state-owned”, “government-run”).
I’m not saying it’s good or bad, just observing the language.
The former is euphemistic. The latter two are objective.
Not in every case. I would call (in the US) National Public Radio "public media", but Voice of America "government-run".
I personally don't know enough about BBC or France 24 to go beyond "government-funded", so I would want more details about their governance before using the terms mentioned before to describe them.
Sarcasm?
In a democracy, how would state owned be different from public?
Do you also call libraries state-run?
IMHO both terms are heavy with bias depending on context.
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