In his comedy routine Saturday at the White House Correspondents Dinner, President Obama took a "but- seriously-folks" moment to call "a strong and vibrant" media crucial to democracy—prompting Inquisitr to suggest he's preparing ground for a newspaper bailout. That would be a terrible idea, blogs Nicholas Carlson, who works for Business Insider and not a newspaper. Washington (State) tried bailing a bit anyway, implementing a 40 percent tax cut for newspaper publishers. It could trigger similar legislation elsewhere, Paidcontent suggests, though accepting government help is obviously a little awkward for papers, which fancy themselves as government watchdogs. Reflections of a Newsosaur reflects that newspapers will sacrifice their moral authority by accepting the break and it will only save 15 jobs anyway. Oddly, The Seattle Post Intelligencer which recently went online only won't qualify for the break, observes Daggle which begs the question: If the intent was to promote journalism, shouldn't any outlet that publishes journalism have gotten the break? Click Read more
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