“It doesn’t matter what the political agenda of the paper is without money outside that of the circulation it can’t last.”
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Wow - not even with a government “bailout”?
Personally, I can hardly wait for the government to take over the newspapers. I worry all the time that those lefty “reporters” might not have lifetime job security, a Cadillac health care plan and early retirement with golden pensions.
Well, yes, if they are subsidized by us, I suspect they can survive, but their are more little piggies fighting over less teats. I don’t really see anyone from the left or right clamoring for this issue, except for maybe the dinosaurs themselves.
When the full impact of the Obama economy takes effect, keeping newspapers running is not going be such a big priority.
My senator, Ben Cardin, supports bailing out newspapers, but he’s a complete moron.
To some degree, I’m not certain what, they’ve cut their own throats by continuously tacking left. Fox News ratings against every other network in every other market bears this out.
I think newspapers are a thing of the past. They have outlived their usefulness and even if our oppressors deem that we should subsidize through legislative fiat, nobody will actually read the papers.