Taxpayers Responsible for Saving Newspapers?

" Walk off houses for outrage the vice president of the Washington Post saying it's up to taxpayers to bail out the news -- actually. It is a quote from an editorial in the post quote American society must now take some collective responsibility. For supporting new is reporting. As society has that much greater expense for public education healthcare scientific advancement and cultural preservation. Joining us now don't get enough -- the media -- such it has sent to death I can hardly believe. That the Washington Post published an editorial. Asking for a taxpayer bailout of newspapers. Totally -- should not be shocked."

" But you shouldn't be this is paid to report just came out but former editor Len Downey. Calling for exactly that same thing. And there's a big push across that field of journalism. On the left. And frankly on Capitol Hill you've got both houses of congress the federal trade commission and the FCC all looking -- the future journalism. And all trying to get their looks into now what kind of arguments today use do they say that there's no fairness in the media. The disappearance of newspapers -- in past van -- that poll subsidize them and make chilled out then us is presented to the public is that what they got a site. Of course -- they don't like to use the word fairness they feel like it have to be used against that because that most of the mainstream media aren't very fair. No they're argument is that local journals in particular but journalism in general is a public good and I would agree with that but I think the market serves the problem. Then what they would say is look around the world look at how much Canada or Britain -- pay for their public media. What they don't tell you it's for instance the BBC did its own internal study. And concluded that the BBC worth bias yeah and you look but they look at that money and you see 88 times as much as Americans give."

" We'll listen I don't know of a single British newspaper that is subsidized owned by or otherwise he gets taxpayer funds not in Britain the -- say yes we understand that a -- I think the C -- the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. picked. Maybe that taxpayer supported the newspapers. I mean we would all from done in Britain beautiful and the Beijing daily -- say come on."

" Well you're you're looking at this rationally what they're trying to do is. They do -- do this to different ways on one hand we want to see the old media to save. You protect their current jobs but that doesn't work they want to make sure that they dump. A whole bunch of money into new media and use what they call use the existing infrastructure. Things like NPR PBS and plow money into them. 01 left the peace I think he's he came in. The nation asked for sixty billion dollars twenty billion dollars a year for three years just to go in the public in public media. That's an astounding increased 4700%. Increase in our funding. Okay that it let's handicap it. Unlike almost making a joke out of -- Campbell it is going to happen book. Give me all -- do you think this is likely to happen in some way shape or form a bailout tax Payer money. Going directly to news that -- you think it's gonna happen. Nobody else. Well I I think first of all they're try it will be incremental thing we'll try -- regulations and things. But I think it's anybody's -- 5050 chance -- this could happen this is not a win win major media outlets are involved in this. This is not a minor thing that there was some reason they left wing but I think tank is pushing. This is the major media trying to do that I have remain shocked but then -- thanks so for telling us all about it we appreciate it thank you."