Comments | spacellama: bailout, stimulus, and other dirty words

spacellama

bailout, stimulus, and other dirty words

Feb 06, 2009 15:59

We bailed out Wall Street, got within a frog hair of bailing out the auto makers (which could still happen), periodically bail out Amtrak and the USPS, and now... newspapers have their hands out. Yep, you heard right. Story on CNN.com: How important is it to save America’s newspapers?My answer: not a bloomin' bit ( Read more... )

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neumeindil February 7 2009, 01:39:00 UTC

Let's not forget those poor unfortunates that make millions of dollars on... Pornography. Yep, Larry Flynt and his friends made a bid for Uncle Sam's charity too. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28545081/

spacellama February 7 2009, 01:42:38 UTC

That is so excellent I just don't know what to say. Do you think porn-peddlers really need, er, stimulus? *cackles*

neumeindil February 7 2009, 07:45:59 UTC

I'd rather the money went to them than the Big 3. Ever watched "Who Killed the Electric Car?"? The Big 3 deserve to go under for keeping their heads in the sand for so long.

nierielraina February 7 2009, 02:03:22 UTC

HERE HERE! Well said! and don't forget the Vienna sausages and Spam!

lamaudite February 7 2009, 09:31:00 UTC

Save the newspapers? You gotta be kidding me! LOL Wow. I had no idea.

galantha_nivala February 7 2009, 12:13:59 UTC

This...is a tough one. TV journalism is rife with sensationalism and bias. Internet news often doesn't have editorial screening. I'm not talking grammar and spelling control. I mean checking to be sure the story is true and reported in an unbiased manner. Over the years, newspapers have developed ways to do this.

I'd be more comfortable with the switch to electronic media if there were checks on the information it offers.

Of course, then it won't be free, but I doubt it will remain free after the newspapers are gone in any case.