EDITORIAL: FTC floats Drudge tax

washington times ^ | 6/4/10 | editor

[Nachum]

Journalism can reinvent itself without government 'help'

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking ways to "reinvent" journalism, and that's a cause for concern. According to a May 28 draft proposal, the agency thinks government should be at the center of a media overhaul. The bureaucracy sees it as a problem that the Internet has introduced a wealth of information options to consumers, forcing media companies to adapt and experiment to meet changing market needs. FTC's policy staff fears this new reality.

"There are reasons for concern that experimentation may not produce a robust and sustainable business model for commercial journalism," the report states. With no faith that the market will work things out for the better, government thinks it must come to the rescue.

[savedbygrace]

This tax isn’t the only thing that floats, if you know what I mean.

[Tzimisce]

It’s a new poll tax.

[Liberty Valance]

bttt

[JDW11235]

Thought this may interest you.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

“Oh, and this just might affect sites like Free Republic and Nachumlist too.”

Yep.

[prairiebreeze]

bump for later

[NFHale]

“...Something quite similar to that occurs in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. It’s called Directive 10-289...”

Don’t think for one moment that the other side hasn’t read “Atlas Shrugged”...if only for ways to combat it.

The other side HATES the fact that people get information that they don’t want exposed. They lose sleep over it, staying awake at night trying to find ways to shut us down.

[alrea]

Where do these evil little bureaucratic trolls come from?

urban metropolitan areas, government buildings and universities

[KTM rider]

"Where is the Supreme Court? Freedom of the Press?

the supreme court is busy making up laws, they dont have time to interpret constitutional intent [/cynicism]

[nw_arizona_granny]

Bump.