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9 pointsdheerajmp1mo ago12 comments

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akst1mo ago

As someone else has said it is publicly funded, it's the same with Australia's ABC news [1]. When you watch it on TV, I guess there are ads for its own shows but other than that they are not allowed run ads. Funnily there are ads shown on its stories on apple news, I always wondered if that was in some violation of the Australia Broadcasting Corporation Act [2].

[1]: https://www.abc.net.au [2]: https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A02723/2022-02-18/2022-0...

botanrice1mo ago

heyo! you responded to a comment I made two months ago complimenting my personal site (https://concourse.codes & https://borice.exposed) and asking if I made the pixel art myself. I'm not sure how HackerNews notifications work so I'm just seeing it and wanted to say thank you, and also no, sadly, I did not make the pixel art myself. I am learning how as a separate endeavor, but in this case I fine-tuned midjourney on a set of windows 98 icons and then fed it photos of various things that I wanted to convert to pixel art. It works quite well and is fun tbh. anyways, thanks again & hope you're doing well <3

akst1mo ago

This reply was unexpected but a nice surprise :)

I remember your site! I really like the consistent visual language, even if you didn't make the pixel art, at the very least they go well with your site. I entered my email on your other site, feel free to reach out or whatever, also this is my site https://akst.io

Hope you're doing well as well!

dheerajmpOP1mo ago

Yeah, I hope npr is still funded amidst the funding cut by the government.

DamonHD1mo ago

Also:

[1] https://lite.cnn.com/

[2] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news (at least when viewed from the UK)

dheerajmpOP1mo ago

The mobile version of BBC has ton of ads

DamonHD1mo ago

When viewed from in the UK?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/questions/behind-the-scenes/ad...

jckahn1mo ago

Yes, when they are publicly funded.

Are you a regular donor?

expedition321mo ago

In my country the government sponsors a national independent news organisation.

But this wouldn't work in America because it would immediately turn into Trump/Christian propaganda.

The concept of organising your own opposition because journalism is one of the pillars of democracy.

blell1mo ago

There is publicly-funded media in my country too. Guess how they lean politically.

GJim1mo ago

> Guess how they lean politically.

I don't know. Tell me.

FWIW, our own publicly funded media tends to get criticised equally from fruitcakes at both ends of the political spectrum, so they are clearly doing something right!

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akst1mo ago

[1]: https://www.abc.net.au [2]: https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A02723/2022-02-18/2022-0...

botanrice1mo ago

akst1mo ago

This reply was unexpected but a nice surprise :)

Hope you're doing well as well!

dheerajmpOP1mo ago

Yeah, I hope npr is still funded amidst the funding cut by the government.

DamonHD1mo ago

Also:

[1] https://lite.cnn.com/

[2] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news (at least when viewed from the UK)

dheerajmpOP1mo ago

The mobile version of BBC has ton of ads

DamonHD1mo ago

When viewed from in the UK?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/questions/behind-the-scenes/ad...

jckahn1mo ago

Yes, when they are publicly funded.

Are you a regular donor?

expedition321mo ago

In my country the government sponsors a national independent news organisation.

But this wouldn't work in America because it would immediately turn into Trump/Christian propaganda.

The concept of organising your own opposition because journalism is one of the pillars of democracy.

blell1mo ago

There is publicly-funded media in my country too. Guess how they lean politically.

GJim1mo ago

> Guess how they lean politically.

I don't know. Tell me.

FWIW, our own publicly funded media tends to get criticised equally from fruitcakes at both ends of the political spectrum, so they are clearly doing something right!

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