Should we bailout newspapers?

Yep, that's unfortunately true. That's why inner city news don't report new buildings or new laws as often as they do homicides, robberies and other crimes. That is the stuff that gets viewers, and gets advertising money.

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I've read that a fun thing to do is watch the news during sweeps week. Things are always oversold. There are supposedly more of the "10 things in your home want you dead...stay tuned at 11" reports. I've also heard that a prime example was some Kansas station that reported "Hundreds dead in highway accident." They were talking about a truck full of pigs that flipped...yeah.

One of my concerns is that in the US, I wouldn't want to bail out anything owned by Rupert Murdoch.

Also, the bailout of many organizations seems to come with strings attached. Demanding certain fiscal reforms is fine, but I think a government bailout would probably destroy what free press we have.

curious said:

One of my concerns is that in the US, I wouldn't want to bail out anything owned by Rupert Murdoch.

Also, the bailout of many organizations seems to come with strings attached. Demanding certain fiscal reforms is fine, but I think a government bailout would probably destroy what free press we have.

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My guess is you have already bailed out stuff owned by Rupert Murdoch.

He owns stock in many places. And like it or not. His life will probably always be better than ours.

Probably, but I'd like to keep it to a minimum. We deserve what we got in this case. Since you have to be a US citizen to own newspapers or television and radio stations, we happily gave him citizenship because he would be investing a lot of money in the US. I'm not sure we realized he wanted to own all the media outlets and then run them as conservative propaganda agents.

DodgeFB said:

My guess is you have already bailed out stuff owned by Rupert Murdoch.

He owns stock in many places. And like it or not. His life will probably always be better than ours.

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Excellent point. I have always contended that the bail out of the big banks have been more about saving the investments of the very wealthy than it has been the people in the street, who coincidentally have to bail out those people through loans and taxes. Government in cahoots with the banks and the very wealthy.

curious said:

Probably, but I'd like to keep it to a minimum. We deserve what we got in this case. Since you have to be a US citizen to own newspapers or television and radio stations, we happily gave him citizenship because he would be investing a lot of money in the US. I'm not sure we realized he wanted to own all the media outlets and then run them as conservative propaganda agents.

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I wish he would buy NBC since it has turned into a Liberal "propaganda agent".

DodgeFB said:

I wish he would buy NBC since it has turned into a Liberal "propaganda agent".

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I'd rather that he buys out the ultra conservative ones of the extremist variety

deanhills said:

I'd rather that he buys out the ultra conservative ones of the extremist variety

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I had no idea there was such a thing!!

DodgeFB said:

I had no idea there was such a thing!!

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Well, it's called FOX News. And he already owns it.

curious said:

Well, it's called FOX News. And he already owns it.

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FOX News conservative? Come again?

curious said:

Well, it's called FOX News. And he already owns it.

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I like Fox and friends. They don't smugly trash things I believe in. And ever what side of the fence your on that gets old fast.

Well, they trash things I believe in.

curious said:

Well, they trash things I believe in.

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And they should not be doing that either. There is too much lack of respect in this world in my opinion. You don't have to agree, but can still respect another view. Now me, I am just not an "agreeable" person anymore. I sometimes feel like a trapped animal. Especially at home. When I am at home I have nowhere else to go. So according to my wife I can be somewhat "rude".

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