Comments on: The Dangers of Government-Subsidized News

By: A Bailout for Newspapers? The Onion Gang Says NO!

A Bailout for Newspapers? The Onion Gang Says NO! — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:00:32 +0000

[...] says no, as have Sonia and Wayne. Adam and I have pointed out that the FTC might want to think twice about [...]

By: The Dangers of Subsidized News, Continued — Technology Liberation Front

The Dangers of Subsidized News, Continued — Technology Liberation Front — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:20:42 +0000

[...] news-gathering institutions face serious challenges to their survival. But as I have noted here before, there are three big problems with recommendations to greatly expand the role of government [...]

By: White House Policy Forum on Data Transparency — Surprisingly Free

White House Policy Forum on Data Transparency — Surprisingly Free — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:38:31 +0000

[...] for a different point of view), federal funding of scholarly publications seems to face the same objections as government funding of newspapers. Though the traditional publishing model may not work under a system geared more towards data [...]

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:47:40 +0000

Yours is only technology web incompetent enough to force readers to suffer your choice of microfont. All other technology news webs allowed me to read webs comfortably. They respected my browser settings for large easy to read font. No, I did not override your override to make your web readable. Plenty others to read.
Not cute, just incompetent web design.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:47:40 +0000

By: Saving Journalism with Naked Transparency — Surprisingly Free

Saving Journalism with Naked Transparency — Surprisingly Free — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:54:47 +0000

[...] towards government transparency. Before completely overhauling the business model for newspapers or making them another government dependency, perhaps we should give journalists and reporters the tools they need to more easily do their job. [...]

By: mwendy

mwendy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:47:41 +0000

The story has larger implications, of course. It reflects a facile tool the government uses to hook beneficiaries through secure dependency, and then control their output. TV is the most obvious example. But, it is a lesson for the coming healthcare plan / options – you take Uncle Sam's benefit, you take the strings, too. As Peggy Noonan writes, “the overseers” will not be content to leave your behavior – things that affect the network costs of healthcare – off the table. Put down that single malt now!

Big government. Big drugs…really.

By: MikeRT

MikeRT — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:35:23 +0000

Subsidizing it will complete the transformation of the mainstream media into a government lapdog. They already do things like uncritically repost the press releases of prosecutors and the police. Now they'll have a financial incentive to not rock the boat.

By: usb kabel

usb kabel — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:54:10 +0000

Thanks for this well written one. It is a good one to get some latest about government strategies for the media.