Who pays the price for the news media's essential political role?

Economics of good government must include news, but someone has to pay for it

Posted Friday, July 7, 2023 9:48 am

Don Pittis | CBC News

Asked why he robbed banks, William "Slick Willie" Sutton was reported to have answered: "Because that's where the money is."

Like so many apt quotes, it may be that the highly successful 1930s bank robber never actually said those words. But as the government of Canada uses the Online News Act, Bill C-18, to find someone to foot the bill for what political theory tells us is the essential role played by Canadian media in democracy, Sutton's reputed logic may apply.

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