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SteamWake
06-16-10, 11:25 AM
Even though a gread deal of the media is already in the bag for the liberals there are those pesky few that just wont go away.

What would Saul Alinsky do???

Now Leibowitz has begun to pounce. A May 24 working paper on “reinventing” the media proposes that the government impose fees on websites such as the Drudge Report that link to news websites or that it tax consumer electronics such as iPads, laptops and Kindles. Funds raised by these levies would be redistributed to traditional media outlets.


http://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/dick-morris/103373-obama-vs-press-freedom
gimpy117
06-16-10, 01:22 PM
Even though a gread deal of the media is already in the bag for the liberals there are those pesky few that just wont go away.



Reality has a liberal bias it seems. Do you honestly think that most of those Multi-millionaire network owners are hard core tree hugging liberals? No, they just have a news organization that reports the real facts. Not the highly Spun fox news ramblings.
Tchocky
06-16-10, 01:30 PM
What would Saul Alinsky do???

Good Lord, it's terrified-angry-buzzword bingo today.
Snestorm
06-16-10, 01:39 PM
The political class seems a-bit concerned that a growing number of people see USA's news media for what it realy is. A BS pulpit.
krashkart
06-16-10, 02:33 PM
Amen to that. I really don't miss having Fox to watch. The media really has taken a more "entertaining" angle. Fox News, CNN and the like would be great outlets if all they did was report the news. But they don't report news, they feed us opinion. :-?
SteamWake
06-16-10, 02:41 PM
Amen to that. I really don't miss having Fox to watch. The media really has taken a more "entertaining" angle. Fox News, CNN and the like would be great outlets if all they did was report the news. But they don't report news, they feed us opinion. :-?

See thats the thing. You choose not to watch them. No one forces you to watch them which is as it should be.

But the fact is that conservative media outlets wether its just enterainment or not are sucessfull and it drives the lib's crazy.

So basically they want the successfull outlets to poney up to keep the less sucessfull ones afloat.
krashkart
06-16-10, 02:49 PM
Ah okay, I think I'm catching your drift now, SteamWake. I'd have to read into this awhile before coming to a solid conclusion. I'll tell ya, my initial reaction was "Why don't they put that money into schools?". The companies that don't adapt quickly to change are gonna be left in the dust, and that's the way it should be.

Far be it for the feds to make wise use of money. :lol: