Gov Murphy: NJ Taxpayers Prop Up Failing Newspapers With $5 Mil Grant

NJ Governor Phil Murphy continued his push towards a more progressive state. Murphy announced that local taxpayers will now be supporting news organizations, with $5 million in subsidies.

Jeff Van Drew, New Jersey Democrats, Socialist candidates: in favor of State sponsored media.

Omaha News: Any news organization that is funded by government will be either overtly or covertly controlled by government, in at least some form or fashion…a picture of the burglar tossing a sedative-filled steak to the family watchdog comes to mind. Horrible idea.

Still, some harsh critics of the bill remain. From OBSERVER:

A recent op-ed published in POLITICO Magazine titled, “The State of New Jersey Wants to Subsidize News. Uh-oh,” questioned the journalistic integrity of government-funded journalism. The article points to the reluctance of state-sponsored sources such as PBS and NPR to go after the government aggressively enough.

“The fact that the consortium’s ruling body is top-heavy with government leaders and employees should give us pause,” POLITICO’s senior media writer Jack Shafer writes. “How can a nonprofit news organization directed by people in the government even pretend to be independent? Will it be able to criticize the governor? The Legislature?”

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