In her last column before becoming a functionary in the Obama Administration, erstwhile LA Times columnist Rosa Brooks says:
Years of foolish policies have left us with a choice: We can bail out journalism, using tax dollars and granting licenses in ways that encourage robust and independent reporting and commentary, or we can watch, wringing our hands, as more and more top journalists are laid off or bail out, leaving us with nothing in our newspapers but ads, entertainment features and crossword puzzles.
Something about that idea (subtle hint in emphasis) worries me a bit.
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