Craig Sanders wrote:
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 09:44:38PM +1000, Alex Hutton wrote:
It really depends upon what there is demand for. If consumers demand a high standard of journalism and are willing to pay for it then that is what will be supplied.
Consider that you as an individual could commission a journalist (or better yet, an investigator) to investigate into a particular matter that you might be interested in, then you could release the findings yourself and perhaps charge a small fee for it in order to recoup your costs. you've really bought into the American Libertarian fantasy-land, haven't you?
sorry, but the real world doesn't work anything like how they pretend it does.
To start with, their foundational article of faith, the "free market" that they bleat on and on about does not exist, never has existed, and never can exist - Well if you are open to other views , I would contend the problem is not the non-existence of free-markets; but the non-existence of Adam Smith' s 'Invisible Hand' and a science of economics with falsifiable theories. The irresponsible consequence of which is the economic mess; which is the modern world; eg -the consequence of globalisation is to move jobs to places with low labor costs and raise unemployment elsewhere. -the consequence of inadequately regulated stock-markets are non-productive booms and busts there is a longer 'rant' here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xs5MfbW8imvR00yWi6gHqeUG9F7_yGsMDKIWAZ4_... regards Rohan McLeod