On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:44:33 +0100, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> Fredrik Eriksson <fe79}--at--{yahoo}--dot--{com> wrote:
>> In Sweden we have a system very similar to that in Finland. The idea of
>> moving to a tax-based system has been discussed (and so far rejected)  
>> many
>> times. It is an ideological issue; the media is supposed to be  
>> independent
>>  from the state.
>
>   The media fee is used to fund *one* broadcast company (YLE), not all of
> them. Even if that one company would be run 100% by the government, it's  
> not like there wouldn't be plenty of independent alternatives.

We prefer to have at least one alternative that is also independent from  
commercial interests.



-- 
FE

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