[Milhous]

the rise of "infotainment," blogging, and the disappearance of "investigative" journalism undermining Democrats screed ping. To laugh.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

“Since we still need broadcasters to contribute to the democratic dialogue, we need clear standards that can be fairly but vigorously enforced,” said Copps. “It is time to say ‘Good-bye’ to post-card renewal every eight years and ‘Hello’ to license renewals every three years with some public interest teeth.”

The trouble being that this writer has not the faintest clue as to what the public interest is. It is patent from his article that he buys the journalist's definition that "whatever is good for journalism is in the public interest." But what is good for journalism is a "great story." And a "great story" is nothing if not bad news and - to state the obvious - bad news is bad for the public. The claim that whatever is good for journalism is in the public interest therefore cannot possibly be right.