re: #455 Renaissance_Man

(1) - For that to be true, it would have to also be true that something as important and beneficial as superior journalism would be valued sufficiently by the market that ‘the best reporting should get the best financial support’.

Nope, that is a logical leap. The best reporting should be able to find financial support in the same way that other broadcasters do. Does not mean they get more, just that they should be able to find support without taxpayers.

(2) - Smart people may indeed watch FOX. Being a FOX believer has nothing to do with intelligence, per se, just as belonging to a UFO cult has nothing to do with intelligence per se. Being a FOX believer only requires the desire to have ones preconceived opinions reinforced without exposure to contradictory facts, which naturally has a wide appeal.

Really? You want to stand on that? It is really that simple? Of course you are saying that those beliefs are just as right as any others correct? I mean you are not making any judgement on those beliefs. OK, lets go with that.