What about other valuable contributors to our economy?? I say take your place in line behind those who really deserve it!
We waited for years to expose the mutual back-scratching between the MSM and government spendthrifts.
Now that it’s been put on display I must admit I’d rather not see it any more.
Cost benefit analysis. It would be cheaper to supply everyone who doesn’t have one already a computer and internet access than it would be to subsidize print media.
Actually, taxpayers already subsidize computer access with the funding of community libraries.
Almost too obvious to state. How 'bout they just change the name of the papers to "Truth" and "The News".
If we bailout a car company, the gov gets to tell them what kind of car to make.
If we bailout a bank, the gov gets to tell them what kind of loans to make.
If we bailout a newspaper, the gov gets to tell them what kind if news to make.........
All wages will go to the government.
The government will dole out subsistance according to what the government deems necessary.
That is CHANGE.
Guess it doesn't matter that they aren't trusted news sources. Funny, I always thought that you had to market a GOOD product in order to stay in business. For years here on FR I've watched the dinosaur media threads get posted, happy to see such a good example of capitalism at work.
No matter, I guess. The free market is officially dead.
If the lying MSM gets one taxpayer dime, we need to start a class action suit for all the public fraud they've perpetuated over the years.
The dishonest media is destroying the country.
But now, in a rather unfunny turn, the newspaper bailout push has actually come to pass.The Republican governor and the Democratic attorney general of Connecticut went on the record last week in support of government intervention for failing local newspapers.
Why should the gummint have to pay? They get their propaganda out for free (as long as they’re dems).
Mexico had "freedom of the press" for decades under one party, PRI, rule. They also had a nationalized paper industry. You had to purchase paper from the Government -- there was no other seller.
Newspapers that took hard a line against the government were not shut down by the PRI controlled government. But their news print orders were often "delayed" or "misfiled" or newsprint did arrive, but it was damaged. Publishers who stayed in business were those who either towed the PRI line, or successfully calculated just how much criticism would be tolerated.
She isn't kidding. It doesn't surprise me a RINO's involved with wanting to keep her good standing with the MSM.
'"This is the worst financial turmoil I have ever seen, not only in our state but in our nation," Gov. M. Jodi Rell lamented as she expressed her support for some sort of government/media salvation plan. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal asserted: "The newspaper is an information lifeline. It provides really an essential service." Among the "essential services" Blumenthal thinks taxpayers should prop up: marriage notices and school sports announcements.
These items are easily and effectively disseminated online. Connecticut consumers who are passing up the newspapers that offer these products obviously don't agree with Blumenthal that it's "essential" to get them in dead-tree form. But Rell seems to believe that quaintness is an argument for government funding: "There's something about having that paper and being able to sit there with your cup of coffee or your tea and read through and find out not only the news but the real feel for a community."'
It would probably be worth saving if the MSM actually told the truth and stuck to the facts every once in a while, but they haven't, especially during this election cycle. And if you want the 'real feel for a community,' getting involved in some local activities doesn't hurt.
'Local lemonade stands give you a "real feel for a community," too. Should Johnny and Susie get handouts for keeping it real? Should we resurrect Woolworth with some of Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's bottomless bailout billions while we're at it? Why not bring back town criers with public subsidies, as well?'
That's priceless. And Malkin was certainly correct when stating it wouldn't be long before this happened.
So, don''t be shocked when you tune into CNN, MSNBC, FOX, ABC, CBC, NBC, or PBS and see "Pinch" and his counterparts sometime in the near future on Capitol Hill with their tin cups and knee pads.