Newspaper Bailout Seriously Considered

Save the Trees!

Think about the trees! Don't bail out the newspapers! Stop being a caveperson, and get your news online. It's free, and very earth friendly.

bill of VA @ Sep 24, 2009 13:28:18 PM

Debunks the Myth of Neutrality

For years the left has been saying that claims that the mainstream media has a liberal bias are unfounded and nothing more than right wing hysteria. If so, then why are they so desperate to keep them afloat? This proposal reveals that the Democrats also believe in the major newspapers are mostly biased left. Along with the "Fairness Doctrine", this represents an attempt to have Democratic Party control over the media. Outrageous.

Maxwell of MN @ Sep 23, 2009 00:04:53 AM

susan of ca

Propaganda just like communist countries. We're on our way

of @ Sep 22, 2009 22:45:21 PM

Let this dinosaur fade away.

Inane. Who could trust journalism produced from a source that would be beholding to the Government? The newspaper would merely become a propaganda tool of those in power.

Additionally, few people read the newspaper anymore...largely because of the growing web resources. Why attempt to save a creation of an earlier era.. let this dinosaur fade away.

Chris of FL @ May 06, 2009 17:39:24 PM

No More bailouts

Bailouts of all kinds are out of control right now. The federal government bailed out the financial industry, and now everyone who is running a failing business wants help. Newspapers are not failing because of the economy, they are failing because very few people buy their papers. Case in point I did not read the orginal story in the paper, i read it online. i watch the news at home on TV. Newspapers are a dying industry. So is buggy manufacturing. let the industry die.

Hodge of MA @ Mar 27, 2009 16:29:59 PM

Let's bail out K street lobbyhists while we're at it

corp[orations are kind of strapped, and have more difficulty lobbying agains tthe average citizen's interests/

How about having a special 'Lobbyist Tax', so we can better subsidize those who lobby against our interests

We're not enslaved enough

Billy of OK @ Mar 26, 2009 13:32:16 PM

Why should the taxpayer subsidize corporate propaganda?

That's all newspapers really print

pro-glabalization

pro-immigration

the realities of which are always 'blacked out', H-1b is a perfect example

Whay the heck shoulkd we pay for this?

Bart of MA @ Mar 26, 2009 13:27:31 PM

Newspaper Bailout

I disagree with bailing out businesses. We have bankruptcy laws that should handle that job. There are all sorts of reasons for papers being in trouble. Many have gone heavily in debt borrowing to buy multimillion dollar presses and buildings (largely to print color). These hard assets take a long time to pay for. Business can turn down very rapidly. You can see the issue. I think that the niche for a local paper is to be a LOCAL paper. Tend to local and state news and do it better than it can be done in any other way. Print news not opinion and maintain independent objectivity without trying to change the world. Go into bankruptcy if you have to get past heavy debt and publish using someone else's press.

Do you suppose that the heavily unionized industry that we have today will follow that recipe? Doubtful. Will publishers climb off J.P. Zenger's white horse? Maybe. Will the Govt. step in and come to their rescue? Possibly, but if it does, we lose something that rests at the heart of our nation. We lose a free press, and no matter how bad you feel about the press, it is free and independent and until now, safe from the govt.

Ken St.John of NY @ Mar 26, 2009 11:14:56 AM