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Obama Looking To Bail Out Newspaper Industry
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| 9/20/09
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Posted on 09/20/2009 5:24:14 PM PDT by Shellybenoit
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To: Shellybenoit
Did we not see this coming?
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posted on
09/20/2009 5:26:30 PM PDT
by
SandWMan
( A riot ist an ugly sing, und, I sink it's about time zat ve had vone!)
To: Shellybenoit
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posted on
09/20/2009 5:26:54 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: Shellybenoit
well, you have to admit, he sure owes them some big favors.
To: Shellybenoit
He’ll probably bail out the liberal ones, not conservative ones like the OC Register.
By the by, were all the auto dealers forced to close down either conservative or not Democrat donors?
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posted on
09/20/2009 5:27:17 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: Shellybenoit
If the government is funding a bailout, do they not only control the content of what is published? So much for the first amendment.
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posted on
09/20/2009 5:28:45 PM PDT
by
The Great RJ
("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
To: Shellybenoit
Well shoot-- isn't
The New York Slimes already a "non-profit" enterprise? I mean, who thinks that they actually make money?
Nope, I think that the State-Run Media isn't in it for the profits-- otherwise they would look more like Fox News.
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posted on
09/20/2009 5:28:59 PM PDT
by
Lysandru
To: Shellybenoit
a bill on the Senate floor that would allow newspapers to elect to receive tax-exempt status all they have to do is promise not to endorse any political candidates (but they can report on the campaign). "President Obama, brilliantly running his re-election campaign -- a campaign that for centuries will be admired for it's wisdom and benevolence will appear in Chicago tomorrow: oh, lucky town! Meanwhile, the Republican candidate seems to have avoided embarrassing themselves yesterday by mostly staying out of sight, leading some sources to say that yesterday was the candidate's best so far."
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posted on
09/20/2009 5:29:55 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
To: Shellybenoit
To: Shellybenoit
For forty years we've listened to the Mainstream Media spew their left-wing, secular, anti-American bias and the America people are sick of it.
Obama won't win over any Conservatives or Independents by doing this.
To: Shellybenoit
The punk in the oval orafice is looking to deprive me of the one pleasure I get from newspapers these days - their imminent demise.
He's got to be stopped and as humiliatingly as possible...
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posted on
09/20/2009 5:34:28 PM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: SandWMan
We all need to become non-profit organizations. Then he will have no profit to tax and the Communists will have no income.
To: Shellybenoit
Change the 2nd amendment... game over. Not far away.
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posted on
09/20/2009 5:35:26 PM PDT
by
BigFinn
(Obamanation then Obamaggedon.)
To: A CA Guy
By the by, were all the auto dealers forced to close down either conservative or not Democrat donors? Great point! I'll bet only "friendly" newspapers will be eligible for the "bailout."
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posted on
09/20/2009 5:36:37 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(I don't remember Americans being called "racists" when we fought against Hillarycare.)
To: Shellybenoit
I hope he does bail them out.
It would be the nail in the coffin for the MSM. Look how great it’s been for the auto industry.
To: Shellybenoit
Why do “progressive” Democrats keep trying to perform CPR on dying 20th century institutions with OUR money?!!!Dare we spend for OUR own healthcare!!!!
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posted on
09/20/2009 5:38:45 PM PDT
by
mo
To: webstersII
Good point, then Foxnews, talkradio, and the Internet can start calling the mainstream media the state media.
To: Shellybenoit
The press would officially be bought and paid for.
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posted on
09/20/2009 5:45:14 PM PDT
by
Flag_This
(ACORN delenda est)
To: Shellybenoit
Let them fail. We already have Gov media. Newspapers created their own failure by the greed of their publishers.
I refuse to buy the Kansas City Falling Star. My last day as a subscriber was October 1, 2008.
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posted on
09/20/2009 5:45:19 PM PDT
by
ncfool
(Cash for Clunkers - A big failure and Obama and rats want us to trust them with our healthcare!)
To: ncfool
Newspapers created their own failure by the greed of their publishers.
Not greed, but ideological self-centeredness.
They looked at their newspapers and rather than asking "what can I print that will make me the most money" (greed), or "what news should the public read" (good journalism) they instead decided to print either what fit their own worldview and beliefs, or what they WANTED the public to read.
The correlation between the decline in readership and the decline in public trust is strong enough to conclude causality.
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