The divide is demonstrated in the very way that this article is written by the AP.
Read closely:
NEW YORK – The nation’s partisan divide is evident when Americans are asked about what should be done to help the nation’s struggling local news industry.
While two-thirds of Democrats say news organizations in need should be able to receive government or private funding in order to survive, only 17% of Republicans feel the same way, according to a study released Sunday by Gallup and the Knight Foundation. For independents, 37% back such funding.
You will notice that they lump public funding together with private funding.
Of course the Republicans are going to disagree with government funding of the third rail. Do you want to turn all new sources into a Pravda institution?
The Associated Press in this article makes the Republican’s point.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/nov/17/partisan-divide-apparent-in-how-local-news-should-/