It doesn't because it's not the Government funding it out of its own budget but rather the government forcing all citizens into an involuntary contract. This is really the worst possible combination of private and public media.
So let’s hypothetically say that some autocrat decided to take over Germany and decide a certain minority should be - I don’t know extinguished - wouldn’t a free non government run press be useful?
I think your main issue in your argument is that you think that only government funded press is allowed to exist, which isn't what anyone was talking about.
Also, what would stop the autocrat from outlawing any non-government news source?? A piece of paper written by people 250 years ago certainly won't.
account42|14 days ago
raw_anon_1111|16 days ago
Nahh that would never happen.
NekkoDroid|15 days ago
Also, what would stop the autocrat from outlawing any non-government news source?? A piece of paper written by people 250 years ago certainly won't.
snowpid|16 days ago
We can argue about public media but Germany is a really bad example.