Majority of Canadians Oppose Government Funding of Newsrooms, Media Outlets: Poll

Majority of Canadians Oppose Government Funding of Newsrooms, Media Outlets: Poll
Newspaper front pages are displayed at the Newseum in Washington on July 10, 2017. Carolyn Kaster/The Canadian Press, AP
Marnie Cathcart
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The majority of Canadians oppose government funding of media organizations and newsrooms, and most want the consolidation of news outlets discouraged in order to maintain healthy competition in the industry, according to a new Angus Reid survey.

A July 13 news release from the polling company says that two possible solutions to declining newsroom revenues, a reduced workforce of journalists, and fewer readers have been rejected by Canadian poll respondents.