Comments on: A “Public Option” for Media? The Free Press Plan to Put Journalists on the Public Dole http://techliberation.com/2009/11/24/a-public-option-for-media-the-free-press-plan-to-put-journalists-on-the-public-dole/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Initial Thoughts on the FCC “Future of Media” Report http://techliberation.com/2009/11/24/a-public-option-for-media-the-free-press-plan-to-put-journalists-on-the-public-dole/comment-page-1/#comment-73961 Initial Thoughts on the FCC “Future of Media” Report Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:23:31 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23723#comment-73961 <p>[...] A “Public Option” for Media? The Free Press Plan to Put Journalists on the Public Dole [...]</p> [...] A “Public Option” for Media? The Free Press Plan to Put Journalists on the Public Dole [...]

]]> By: Google’s Government Conundrum « Internet Freedom Coalition http://techliberation.com/2009/11/24/a-public-option-for-media-the-free-press-plan-to-put-journalists-on-the-public-dole/comment-page-1/#comment-69631 Google’s Government Conundrum « Internet Freedom Coalition Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:46:11 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23723#comment-69631 <p>[...] its chickens coming home to roost.  For example, the proposal by the FTC to tax Google News was adopted directly from recommendations by Free Press’s [...]</p> [...] its chickens coming home to roost.  For example, the proposal by the FTC to tax Google News was adopted directly from recommendations by Free Press’s [...]

]]> By: The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog http://techliberation.com/2009/11/24/a-public-option-for-media-the-free-press-plan-to-put-journalists-on-the-public-dole/comment-page-1/#comment-67844 The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:31:56 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23723#comment-67844 <p><strong>Podcast about Proposals to Have Government "Save Media"...</strong></p> <p>PFF recently started a new "TechCast" podcast series and the topic for one of our first episodes was about the new series of essays that we have coming out about "The Wrong Way to Reinvent Media." In this series, we're......</p> Podcast about Proposals to Have Government “Save Media”…

PFF recently started a new “TechCast” podcast series and the topic for one of our first episodes was about the new series of essays that we have coming out about “The Wrong Way to Reinvent Media.” In this series, we’re……

]]> By: Best Tech-Related April Fool’s Headlines You Won’t See Today http://techliberation.com/2009/11/24/a-public-option-for-media-the-free-press-plan-to-put-journalists-on-the-public-dole/comment-page-1/#comment-67766 Best Tech-Related April Fool’s Headlines You Won’t See Today Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:16:43 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23723#comment-67766 <p>[...] Daily: Obama to Create Department of Journalism, Promises End to “Media Meddling” in [...]</p> [...] Daily: Obama to Create Department of Journalism, Promises End to “Media Meddling” in [...]

]]> By: Podcast about Proposals to Have Government “Save Media” http://techliberation.com/2009/11/24/a-public-option-for-media-the-free-press-plan-to-put-journalists-on-the-public-dole/comment-page-1/#comment-67724 Podcast about Proposals to Have Government “Save Media” Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:44:43 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23723#comment-67724 <p>[...] PFF recently started a new “TechCast” podcast series and the topic for one of our first episodes was about the new series of essays that we have coming out about “The Wrong Way to Reinvent Media.” In this series, we’re examining proposals that would have the government play a greater role in sustaining struggling media enterprises, “saving journalism,” or promoting more “public interest” content. We’re concerned about the prospect of central planning for media or a “public option” for the press. [...]</p> [...] PFF recently started a new “TechCast” podcast series and the topic for one of our first episodes was about the new series of essays that we have coming out about “The Wrong Way to Reinvent Media.” In this series, we’re examining proposals that would have the government play a greater role in sustaining struggling media enterprises, “saving journalism,” or promoting more “public interest” content. We’re concerned about the prospect of central planning for media or a “public option” for the press. [...]

]]> By: Celebrating 5,000 Posts on the Technology Liberation Front Since 2004! http://techliberation.com/2009/11/24/a-public-option-for-media-the-free-press-plan-to-put-journalists-on-the-public-dole/comment-page-1/#comment-67713 Celebrating 5,000 Posts on the Technology Liberation Front Since 2004! Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:07:18 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23723#comment-67713 <p>[...] Adam’s A “Public Option” for Media? The Free Press Plan to Put Journalists on the Public Dole, Free Press, Robert McChesney & the “Struggle” for Media, A Brief History of Media Merger [...]</p> [...] Adam’s A “Public Option” for Media? The Free Press Plan to Put Journalists on the Public Dole, Free Press, Robert McChesney & the “Struggle” for Media, A Brief History of Media Merger [...]

]]> By: Steve Forbes on Free Press & Coming “Chavez-Style Media Crackdown” http://techliberation.com/2009/11/24/a-public-option-for-media-the-free-press-plan-to-put-journalists-on-the-public-dole/comment-page-1/#comment-67677 Steve Forbes on Free Press & Coming “Chavez-Style Media Crackdown” Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:53:32 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23723#comment-67677 <p>[...] I spelled out the current Free Press “media reform” agenda in this piece on, “A ‘Public Option’ for Media? The Free Press Plan to Put Journalists on the Public... And Berin Szoka and I have just started a new series of essays on “The Wrong Way to Reinvent [...]</p> [...] I spelled out the current Free Press “media reform” agenda in this piece on, “A ‘Public Option’ for Media? The Free Press Plan to Put Journalists on the Public… And Berin Szoka and I have just started a new series of essays on “The Wrong Way to Reinvent [...]

]]> By: FCC’s Genachowski Promises He’s Not Out to Regulate Net, New Media http://techliberation.com/2009/11/24/a-public-option-for-media-the-free-press-plan-to-put-journalists-on-the-public-dole/comment-page-1/#comment-66495 FCC’s Genachowski Promises He’s Not Out to Regulate Net, New Media Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:17:26 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23723#comment-66495 <p>[...] opens the door to the noxious proposal for a “public option” for media, which Adam has lambasted. Here’s what the Commission says: In general, what categories of journalism are most in [...]</p> [...] opens the door to the noxious proposal for a “public option” for media, which Adam has lambasted. Here’s what the Commission says: In general, what categories of journalism are most in [...]

]]> By: Event: “The Crisis in Journalism – What Should the Government Do?” http://techliberation.com/2009/11/24/a-public-option-for-media-the-free-press-plan-to-put-journalists-on-the-public-dole/comment-page-1/#comment-66472 Event: “The Crisis in Journalism – What Should the Government Do?” Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:32:45 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23723#comment-66472 <p>[...] it.” I’m certainly glad to hear that. As I’ve pointed out here many times before (1, 2, 3, 4), the prospect of greater government involvement in the news business raises profoundly [...]</p> [...] it.” I’m certainly glad to hear that. As I’ve pointed out here many times before (1, 2, 3, 4), the prospect of greater government involvement in the news business raises profoundly [...]

]]> By: Final Hearing on Google Books Settlement on February 18—But Not On Web? http://techliberation.com/2009/11/24/a-public-option-for-media-the-free-press-plan-to-put-journalists-on-the-public-dole/comment-page-1/#comment-66431 Final Hearing on Google Books Settlement on February 18—But Not On Web? Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:40:01 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23723#comment-66431 <p>[...] issue currently under discussion. (I’d say only net neutrality,  privacy regulation and media socialization would fall into the same tier of such fork-in-the-road [...]</p> [...] issue currently under discussion. (I’d say only net neutrality,  privacy regulation and media socialization would fall into the same tier of such fork-in-the-road [...]

]]> By: The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog http://techliberation.com/2009/11/24/a-public-option-for-media-the-free-press-plan-to-put-journalists-on-the-public-dole/comment-page-1/#comment-64516 The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:34:11 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23723#comment-64516 <p><strong>Free Press Calls on Feds to Halt TV Innovation...</strong></p> <p>Free Press, the radical regulatory activist group founded by Marxist media scholar Robert W. McChesney, has never seen a media or technology regulation they don't like, but their latest effort to have the feds halt innovation is shocking even by......</p> Free Press Calls on Feds to Halt TV Innovation…

Free Press, the radical regulatory activist group founded by Marxist media scholar Robert W. McChesney, has never seen a media or technology regulation they don’t like, but their latest effort to have the feds halt innovation is shocking even by……

]]> By: Free Press Calls on Feds to Halt TV Innovation — Technology Liberation Front http://techliberation.com/2009/11/24/a-public-option-for-media-the-free-press-plan-to-put-journalists-on-the-public-dole/comment-page-1/#comment-64513 Free Press Calls on Feds to Halt TV Innovation — Technology Liberation Front Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:25:34 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23723#comment-64513 <p>[...] Press alternative if no private restructuring or innovation is to be allowed?  Can you say “public option for the press“? Free Press has proposed an industrial policy for journalism and for “saving the news” [...]</p> [...] Press alternative if no private restructuring or innovation is to be allowed?  Can you say “public option for the press“? Free Press has proposed an industrial policy for journalism and for “saving the news” [...]

]]> By: so — Technology Liberation Front http://techliberation.com/2009/11/24/a-public-option-for-media-the-free-press-plan-to-put-journalists-on-the-public-dole/comment-page-1/#comment-64152 so — Technology Liberation Front Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:32:27 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23723#comment-64152 <p>[...] agency is going to be responsible for funding media under an expanded version of the “public option” concept being kicked around for traditional media by the radical Digital [...]</p> [...] agency is going to be responsible for funding media under an expanded version of the “public option” concept being kicked around for traditional media by the radical Digital [...]

]]> By: mwendy http://techliberation.com/2009/11/24/a-public-option-for-media-the-free-press-plan-to-put-journalists-on-the-public-dole/comment-page-1/#comment-65889 mwendy Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:44:47 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23723#comment-65889 <p>The Free Press cuts to the chase - "Hey, our Progressive viewpoint is right, has always been, is morally superior, and thus free from any corrupting influence a 'public option' might appear to impose. We can stand above the fray."<br><br>I went to J school and got a degree. They taught us to "bust" corporations because, well, they're...corporations; they're responsible for mostly evil things. No wonder that Pew year-after-year shows how entrenched "progressive' thinking (and reporting, and editorializing, etc.) is in newsrooms.<br><br>If you look at circulation numbers, and Nielsen / Arbitron ratings, though, you see that "conservative" outlets, like Fox and the WSJ, thrive, while the many of the great "prgressive" dailies sink.<br><br>The Free Press wants protection from that. "How dare the masses want something other than our 'truths'! Congress, HELP! The masses cannot get 'truth' unless we get subsidies from the teat of Uncle Sam."</p> The Free Press cuts to the chase – “Hey, our Progressive viewpoint is right, has always been, is morally superior, and thus free from any corrupting influence a 'public option' might appear to impose. We can stand above the fray.”

I went to J school and got a degree. They taught us to “bust” corporations because, well, they're…corporations; they're responsible for mostly evil things. No wonder that Pew year-after-year shows how entrenched “progressive' thinking (and reporting, and editorializing, etc.) is in newsrooms.

If you look at circulation numbers, and Nielsen / Arbitron ratings, though, you see that “conservative” outlets, like Fox and the WSJ, thrive, while the many of the great “prgressive” dailies sink.

The Free Press wants protection from that. “How dare the masses want something other than our 'truths'! Congress, HELP! The masses cannot get 'truth' unless we get subsidies from the teat of Uncle Sam.”

]]> By: mwendy http://techliberation.com/2009/11/24/a-public-option-for-media-the-free-press-plan-to-put-journalists-on-the-public-dole/comment-page-1/#comment-63717 mwendy Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:44:47 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23723#comment-63717 <p>The Free Press cuts to the chase - "Hey, our Progressive viewpoint is right, has always been, is morally superior, and thus free from any corrupting influence a 'public option' might appear to impose. We can stand above the fray."<br><br>I went to J school and got a degree. They taught us to "bust" corporations because, well, they're...corporations; they're responsible for mostly evil things. No wonder that Pew year-after-year shows how entrenched "progressive' thinking (and reporting, and editorializing, etc.) is in newsrooms.<br><br>If you look at circulation numbers, and Nielsen / Arbitron ratings, though, you see that "conservative" outlets, like Fox and the WSJ, thrive, while the many of the great "prgressive" dailies sink.<br><br>The Free Press wants protection from that. "How dare the masses want something other than our 'truths'! Congress, HELP! The masses cannot get 'truth' unless we get subsidies from the teat of Uncle Sam."</p> The Free Press cuts to the chase – “Hey, our Progressive viewpoint is right, has always been, is morally superior, and thus free from any corrupting influence a 'public option' might appear to impose. We can stand above the fray.”

I went to J school and got a degree. They taught us to “bust” corporations because, well, they're…corporations; they're responsible for mostly evil things. No wonder that Pew year-after-year shows how entrenched “progressive' thinking (and reporting, and editorializing, etc.) is in newsrooms.

If you look at circulation numbers, and Nielsen / Arbitron ratings, though, you see that “conservative” outlets, like Fox and the WSJ, thrive, while the many of the great “prgressive” dailies sink.

The Free Press wants protection from that. “How dare the masses want something other than our 'truths'! Congress, HELP! The masses cannot get 'truth' unless we get subsidies from the teat of Uncle Sam.”

]]> By: Speaking Government-Funded Truth to Government-Funded Power - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine http://techliberation.com/2009/11/24/a-public-option-for-media-the-free-press-plan-to-put-journalists-on-the-public-dole/comment-page-1/#comment-63716 Speaking Government-Funded Truth to Government-Funded Power - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:56:13 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23723#comment-63716 <p>[...] they can count on people paying attention and maybe even being sympathetic when they come up with stuff like this, their most recent radical plan to save journalism by spending as much as $50 billion (!) in [...]</p> [...] they can count on people paying attention and maybe even being sympathetic when they come up with stuff like this, their most recent radical plan to save journalism by spending as much as $50 billion (!) in [...]

]]> By: Evan Banks http://techliberation.com/2009/11/24/a-public-option-for-media-the-free-press-plan-to-put-journalists-on-the-public-dole/comment-page-1/#comment-63710 Evan Banks Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:48:03 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23723#comment-63710 <p>A truly frightening new era indeed. I appreciated one of the <a href="http://www.savethenews.org/blog/09/10/19/columbia-study-reaffirms-national-journalism-strategy" rel="nofollow">posts</a> on FP's "SavetheNews" blog (they're always saving something or other, such a benevolent lot) that criticized Twitter users and journalists alike for being too harsh on Leonard Downie and Michael Schudson after they released their "Reconstruction of American Journalism" report last month, which similarly called for a state-funded and maintained Fourth Estate.<br><br>The FP post says something to the tune of "We need to move beyond these knee-jerk reactions to accept public policy as part of the future of journalism."<br><br>Yeah, funny thing about those knee-jerk reactions, they tend to save your life in dangerous situations :/</p> A truly frightening new era indeed. I appreciated one of the posts on FP's “SavetheNews” blog (they're always saving something or other, such a benevolent lot) that criticized Twitter users and journalists alike for being too harsh on Leonard Downie and Michael Schudson after they released their “Reconstruction of American Journalism” report last month, which similarly called for a state-funded and maintained Fourth Estate.

The FP post says something to the tune of “We need to move beyond these knee-jerk reactions to accept public policy as part of the future of journalism.”

Yeah, funny thing about those knee-jerk reactions, they tend to save your life in dangerous situations :/

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