Public media is the most trusted source of news in both the United States and in Great Britain. Any yet,
public media institutions are fighting for their lives and to keep public spaces for encountering culture,
debate issues and share experiences. And the FCC is being urged to investigate local news stations that
are airing paid advertising disguised as fake news segments.
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Public media is the most trusted source of news in both the United States and in Great Britain. Any yet,
public media institutions are fighting for their lives and to keep public spaces for encountering culture,
debate issues and share experiences. And the FCC is being urged to investigate local news stations that
are airing paid advertising disguised as fake news segments.
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Public Media in the Digital Age
Public media is the most trusted source of news in both the United States and in Great Britain. And yet, public media institutions are fighting for their lives. Both PBS and NPR in the States and the BBC across the pond are being challenged by economic and political pressures, a rapidly changing journalism landscape and technological innovations that are transforming the way people view news.
This week, leading figures in public media and journalism discussed the rapidly shifting news landscape and challenges and innovations in the public media at a panel sponsored by Free Press and the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C.
Mark Thompson, director general of the BBC:
Mark Thompson: Public service broadcasting is founded on a belief in “public space,” in other words, on the belief that there is room for a place which is neither part of the state no...
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