Week 11 Blog Post

Here is a link to a news site that is completely supported by donations: http://www.propublica.org/

I seriously doubt some of the stories on this site would ever be published in newspapers or on sites funded by advertisements.

When reading news stories funded by advertisements or owned by people with certain views, you are obviously reading a biased story. You will get some news, but it is arranged in such a way to promote the beliefs that the companies would like you to adopt or to promote products or companies they would like you to invest in. It is very rare just to have a raw story anywhere.

That is one of the great advantages of donation funded news sites. You get the whole story and the real story. They aren’t trying to advertise anything. They aren’t trying to change your political views. They are trying to inform you of what is going on in the world.

The only disadvantage that I see is the fact that the news site might be persuaded by large donors to print certain stories or types or types of stories. It would be hard to resist a large donation even if the donor is asking to have a biased story printed. If this were to happen, we might as well just read the regular newspaper or from the advertisement funded sites.