| megaman79 said: 31. Does the media undertake investigative journalism ? This is the key problem with fiscally responsible journalism. The whole western media runs the exact same story about the old virgin british singing reality show contestant, but theres no money for proper investigative work. |
Which is why the BBC is so awesome. Because they don't have to worry about advertising revenue, they can show real news.
The result? The BBC actually has a much higher percentage of the marketshare.
And it doesn't just apply to the news aswell, because they don't have to worry about advertising revenues, they can risk running certain TV shows that other stations wouldn't run (like dramas, scientific documentaries, etc), and, generally, these shows go on to becoming very popular.
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It's not just worrying about gaining viewers, either. I remember seeing this report on how Fox News had done an invesigationary piece that put Monsanto Corp. in a very bad light. However, because Monsanto threatened to pull their advertising from Fox channels if the report was run (and Monsanto was one of Fox's largest advertisers (at the time)), Fox pulled the story at the very last minute.
