Should the Government Help Save Newspapers?

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...than to buy off the media with America's money?
There's always the looming threat of losing funding if the newspapers print derogatory remarks about the "deciders", so its a win-win for politics.
"Make me look good, or we'll cut you off."
Government funded media works for China and Iraq... maybe it can work here too.

William of AZ 4:04PM December 04, 2009

Newspapers are just obsolete; they are dinosaurs and will die no matter what.
The only reason my wife gets the paper on Sundays is for the coupons, she’ll prefer to get just the coupons and not to have to recycle all the paper that nobody looks at anyway. All the news we read are from the internet that are better balanced than the biased local paper.

Rodolfo Torres of WI 9:30PM May 06, 2009

It's about time they went under! On Huffpost and venues like USNEWS.com, I can express my opinion and see what others are saying. My local paper, The Jersey Journal, hardly publishes letters to the editor any more.
Also, the waste of our natural resources is ludicrous; for what, large perfume ads?
Some successful small newspapers have even sold out to local politicians.It is no secret that th North Bergen Reporter publishes no negative letters because Mayor Sacco takes out 5 quarter page ads a week announcing yet another senior citizen function.
What about timeliness? A newspaper is already 24 hours old by the time you get it. Our world is moving too fast for that snail's pace.
No, give me this electronic venue from here on out.

Callejero of NJ 1:00PM May 05, 2009