Independent journalism ... with rigidly scrutinized ethical standards for truth and objectivity (Columbia Journalism Review style) ... should be federally subsidized. There should be a generous, robust grant program for independent journalists. This would do more than PBS, NPR, and C-SPAN can do. We need to expand the concept of the fourth estate, which should never have been captured by profit-oriented institutions. Roy Edroso's Substack this morning got me thinking along these lines.
I learned to get over people with money, connections, and no ethics ripping me off decades ago, Jim. It's the story of my life. When you're a creative thinker, there is no finite supply of ideas. As long as you're breathing, you're important and doing important work. At this point in history, it makes no difference WHO grabs credit for what you/we do. You/we need to do it anyway. In the grand scheme, we'll all be dead, and it won't matter a whit. The only thing that will matter is whether freedom and earth itself survive.
Independent journalism ... with rigidly scrutinized ethical standards for truth and objectivity (Columbia Journalism Review style) ... should be federally subsidized. There should be a generous, robust grant program for independent journalists. This would do more than PBS, NPR, and C-SPAN can do. We need to expand the concept of the fourth estate, which should never have been captured by profit-oriented institutions. Roy Edroso's Substack this morning got me thinking along these lines.
The incurious will ALWAYS steal from the curious. How else would they keep their phony baloney jobs? The pressure must be enormous.
I learned to get over people with money, connections, and no ethics ripping me off decades ago, Jim. It's the story of my life. When you're a creative thinker, there is no finite supply of ideas. As long as you're breathing, you're important and doing important work. At this point in history, it makes no difference WHO grabs credit for what you/we do. You/we need to do it anyway. In the grand scheme, we'll all be dead, and it won't matter a whit. The only thing that will matter is whether freedom and earth itself survive.
Yep, I saw that "exclusive" over on twitter this morning and was waiting to ask you about it. Guess this is the answer. Ugh.