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Originally Posted by whitearrow
A true state broadcaster based on a compulsory license fee like what you pay would never just work in the US. Politically and culturally, it would simply be untenable.
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I wholeheartedly agree.
Over the last 20 years, the conservatives have threatened to defund the NEA, PBS, NPR and several other US publicly funded arts and media agencies. Even if the agency barely receives any public funding, they are often a big political target. (Not that the left are much better, only that it's the right that has a recent history in this particular matter.)
Nor is state-controlled media such a great idea, since it can often turn into a propaganda machine. IMO the BBC is a fluke rather than a practical role model.