The task force suggested a series of tax credits that could give money back to people who subscribe to local outlets, small businesses that spend money advertising in local news, and outlets that pay journalists at least $50,000 a year.
Take the funds and lower taxes so people will have the money to buy print media again. Oh I forgot; doing funding direct to the fish wraps will allow the politicians to control the media output following the old “he who pays the piper calls the tune” axiom.
Ex Illini
2 years ago
Journalists brought this on themselves when they stopped being journalists. Let them starve.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Take the funds and lower taxes so people will have the money to buy print media again. Oh I forgot; doing funding direct to the fish wraps will allow the politicians to control the media output following the old “he who pays the piper calls the tune” axiom.
Journalists brought this on themselves when they stopped being journalists. Let them starve.
In large part, yes, and they showed not a hint of introspection. However, the internet did kill their revenue model. We will be writing on this.