Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby argues against government subsidies to journalists and the news media. (My two cents: anyone who believes that a government-subsidized press would not be a politically beholdened press – a press leashed like a lap dog to its paymaster’s fist – is hopelessly out of touch with reality.)
I join Paul Jacob in celebrating and applauding the great work done by the Institute for Justice.
Like James Pethokoukis, I don’t want Obama to be pro-business.
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(My two cents: anyone who believes that a government-subsidized press would not be a politically beholdened press – a press leashed like a lap dog to its paymaster’s fist – is hopelessly out of touch with reality.)
The government has subsidized the media since 1792. They provided subsidies both for paper to print and for cheaper postal delivery.
The early leaders of our country understood how important the press was to maintaining a democracy.
The modern day CPB and NPR are far superior sources of news and information than anything offered by the private media. Likewise they are far less politically slanted.
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/people/davidwestphal/200...
muirdouche's comments might be so silly that one might be tempted to really give it a smack down. They definitely are silly, but such exercise is useless. Muirdouche is nothing but dumb storage disk on which progressive agenda is stored and later retrieved.
muirgo gets paid $3/hour from outfits like Media Matters to spam good sites. but it's great comic relief… the idiot comment of the day. (I hope for his sake that he gets paid, and he isn't some loser who actually has FUN doing this)
Don't bother with him. He has no faculties to think on his own. All he can do is regurgitate the progressive talking points permanently stored in his head. He has a five year track record of consistency on this blog.
Garbage in, Garbage out.
Likewise they are far less politically slanted.
Riiiight.
Meaning you are aligned with their slant and therefore do not perceive it.
Illinois is bankrupt…Yet the Governor found $6 million for the Radio and TV Broadcast Museum in Chicago. Amazing.
“The modern day CPB and NPR are far superior sources of news and information than anything offered by the private media.”
Based on what arbitrary standard? Your personal preference?
And if my personal preference doesn't agree with yours, you still want to confiscate my money to support what you like (inspired by Jacoby's column)? Why? Are your preferences superior to mine?
Not only does he believe his preferences superior; he thinks your children should die if you disagree with him.
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