chestnut
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That is absurd. I hope we are smart enough not to subsidize the jorunalist and subsidize the newsapapers with federal tax dollars.Today I read that a professor of journalism is proposing that mainstream media receive tax payer funds so that they can continue as usual. How do you suppose that would go along with a president who prefers to stifle his opposition rather than debate it?
http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2009/10/26/are_you_ready_to_subsidize_reporters_97468.html
How in the world would they be able to present an unbiased opinion?
I think the bigger question is why they are failing. Journalists do not have the trust of the people they are attempting to inform.
In return, they have fewer people buying of subscribing to their publications.
NY Times is case in point.