Comments on: Will the Feds Bailout Journalism? http://www.danlawton.com/2009/04/27/will-the-feds-bailout-journalism/ Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:19:15 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Congress Convenes on the Fate of Journalism: Arriana Huffington Throws Down Hard | DanLawton.com http://www.danlawton.com/2009/04/27/will-the-feds-bailout-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Congress Convenes on the Fate of Journalism: Arriana Huffington Throws Down Hard | DanLawton.com Thu, 07 May 2009 05:42:56 +0000 http://www.danlawton.com/?p=120#comment-13 [...] allow newspapers to receive 501 C-3 classification and the beefy tax breaks that accompany them(see my past post on its flaws).  While other congressional leaders meddled in the dialogue, the fiery discourse mostly came [...] [...] allow newspapers to receive 501 C-3 classification and the beefy tax breaks that accompany them(see my past post on its flaws).  While other congressional leaders meddled in the dialogue, the fiery discourse mostly came [...]

]]> By: Dan http://www.danlawton.com/2009/04/27/will-the-feds-bailout-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Dan Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:16:18 +0000 http://www.danlawton.com/?p=120#comment-10 Yeah, I agree that having the IRS gauging the value of content could be disastrous. I think it's another example of the government having good intentions coupled with poor policy ideas. You're right in the fact that things must die--especially if they've become irrelevant, which conventional media is slowly becoming. Yeah, I agree that having the IRS gauging the value of content could be disastrous. I think it’s another example of the government having good intentions coupled with poor policy ideas. You’re right in the fact that things must die–especially if they’ve become irrelevant, which conventional media is slowly becoming.

]]> By: Tina http://www.danlawton.com/2009/04/27/will-the-feds-bailout-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Tina Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:54:23 +0000 http://www.danlawton.com/?p=120#comment-9 Nice article, Dan. The nonprofit idea is interesting, but at its heart is completely unconstitutional in my opinion, because what we then have is the government, through the IRS, essentially "evaluating the fairness" of coverage and determining which papers stay in business and which ones don't. To boot, the Kerry's exclusion of the most viable niche in the industry--local papers--is idiotic. What would seem to better accomplish the goal of helping papers survive is an industry tax break rather than nonprofit status. The idea, after all, is to help the newspapers regain profitability by letting them keep more of their own money (a very Republican idea, Senator Kerry)--not to make them charities that by virtue of an inherent conflict of interest would violate journalism's fundamental status as the Fourth Estate. Turning the industry into a charity case is the antithesis of "progressive." After all, for things to be reborn, they must die first. I'm just saying. Nice article, Dan. The nonprofit idea is interesting, but at its heart is completely unconstitutional in my opinion, because what we then have is the government, through the IRS, essentially “evaluating the fairness” of coverage and determining which papers stay in business and which ones don’t. To boot, the Kerry’s exclusion of the most viable niche in the industry–local papers–is idiotic.

What would seem to better accomplish the goal of helping papers survive is an industry tax break rather than nonprofit status. The idea, after all, is to help the newspapers regain profitability by letting them keep more of their own money (a very Republican idea, Senator Kerry)–not to make them charities that by virtue of an inherent conflict of interest would violate journalism’s fundamental status as the Fourth Estate.

Turning the industry into a charity case is the antithesis of “progressive.” After all, for things to be reborn, they must die first.

I’m just saying.

]]> By: Jared Montz http://www.danlawton.com/2009/04/27/will-the-feds-bailout-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Jared Montz Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:19:49 +0000 http://www.danlawton.com/?p=120#comment-8 If you didn't post it here how would I ever read it in an Oregon paper?? Thanks for posting it, please post all your stuff so we can check it out! If you didn’t post it here how would I ever read it in an Oregon paper?? Thanks for posting it, please post all your stuff so we can check it out!

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