if the Dems still ran Congress I’m sure we’d be looking at a publicly funded NPR for dinosaur print journalism by now
You bet. There was a lot of talk about it during the last Congress but they never got around to it. Hopefully they've missed their chance for good.
Obama open to newspaper bailout bill
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/59523-obama-open-to-newspaper-bailout-bill