And willing to lose billions to do it on the surface - I think they get that money back via special deals.
That is the mistake I made back in the 90's; I kept FReeping that if we would stop watching, stop buying papers, that the bean counters would see the shrinking revenues and make the necessary corrections. Geo S0r0s proves me wrong - and proves you right; he will spend millions to gain a few converts, and then turn them into trained hired monkeys.
Same with Disney/ABC, Ted Turner and CNN... all of them, WaPo, NYT.
AND, you are right about their getting returns; 0bama would have emptied the Treasury to reward them - with our money. A pox on them all and their filthy lucre!