Comments on: New moochers in town: Newspapers http://michellemalkin.com/2008/12/03/19676/ news and commentary from a conservative perspective Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:16:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michelle Malkin » And so, it has come to pass… http://michellemalkin.com/2008/12/03/19676/comment-page-1/#comment-658275 Michelle Malkin » And so, it has come to pass… Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:46:51 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=19676#comment-658275 [...] December 3, 2008: New moochers in town: Newspapers. [...] [...] December 3, 2008: New moochers in town: Newspapers. [...]

]]> By: What Happens When “Free Money” Rains | BipolarNation.com http://michellemalkin.com/2008/12/03/19676/comment-page-1/#comment-581090 What Happens When “Free Money” Rains | BipolarNation.com Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:37:23 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=19676#comment-581090 [...] of 20th Century communication - newspapers.  (Yeah, they still print those on paper).  Michelle Malkin chronicled the rise of the hobo newspapermen: It was supposed to be a joke. As an endless parade of [...] [...] of 20th Century communication – newspapers.  (Yeah, they still print those on paper).  Michelle Malkin chronicled the rise of the hobo newspapermen: It was supposed to be a joke. As an endless parade of [...]

]]> By: Calling All Super-Rich Conservatives « Jane Q. Republican http://michellemalkin.com/2008/12/03/19676/comment-page-1/#comment-565308 Calling All Super-Rich Conservatives « Jane Q. Republican Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:19:35 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=19676#comment-565308 [...] Newspaper companies are in crisis. Layoffs. Possible closures. Some are calling for a newspaper bailout. [...] [...] Newspaper companies are in crisis. Layoffs. Possible closures. Some are calling for a newspaper bailout. [...]

]]> By: BizzyBlog » Things I’d Like to Post About Today ….. (120808, Morning) http://michellemalkin.com/2008/12/03/19676/comment-page-1/#comment-565288 BizzyBlog » Things I’d Like to Post About Today ….. (120808, Morning) Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:58:55 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=19676#comment-565288 [...] Malkin has detected the early makings of a bailout of failing newspapers in Connecticut (here and here) and elsewhere. Mark I. Pinsky at the New Republic (HT P.J. Gladnick at NewsBusters) has [...] [...] Malkin has detected the early makings of a bailout of failing newspapers in Connecticut (here and here) and elsewhere. Mark I. Pinsky at the New Republic (HT P.J. Gladnick at NewsBusters) has [...]

]]> By: Michelle Malkin » Hey, conservative billionaires, wanna buy a newspaper? http://michellemalkin.com/2008/12/03/19676/comment-page-1/#comment-565240 Michelle Malkin » Hey, conservative billionaires, wanna buy a newspaper? Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:07:47 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=19676#comment-565240 [...] Newspaper companies are in crisis. Layoffs. Possible closures. Some are calling for a newspaper bailout. [...] [...] Newspaper companies are in crisis. Layoffs. Possible closures. Some are calling for a newspaper bailout. [...]

]]> By: dadinseattle http://michellemalkin.com/2008/12/03/19676/comment-page-1/#comment-562192 dadinseattle Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:09:06 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=19676#comment-562192 Actually this <em>separation of press and state</em> must be maintained and the CEO of Google should not be allowed to take a government position either. The Constitution is being stressed in so many ways right now it isn't even funny. Hopefully, <a href="http://thenma.org/blogs//index.php/libertyforusa/2008/12/02/history-demands-accurate-facts" rel="nofollow">on Friday we will see signs that it prevail!</a> Actually this separation of press and state must be maintained and the CEO of Google should not be allowed to take a government position either.

The Constitution is being stressed in so many ways right now it isn’t even funny.

Hopefully, on Friday we will see signs that it prevail!

]]> By: Ginger http://michellemalkin.com/2008/12/03/19676/comment-page-1/#comment-562187 Ginger Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:05:55 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=19676#comment-562187 I haven't read the Boston Globe in ten years. And after getting sick and tired of the liberal talking points in my local weekly I gave that up too. They did call to ask why and I told them that I had no interest in the surburban version of Pravda. I will say that if I could get a version without the editorial pages I might re-subscribe because I enjoy reading the local goings-on in my town. It's a shame, really. But if they're going under, it's their own damn fault. I haven’t read the Boston Globe in ten years. And after getting sick and tired of the liberal talking points in my local weekly I gave that up too. They did call to ask why and I told them that I had no interest in the surburban version of Pravda. I will say that if I could get a version without the editorial pages I might re-subscribe because I enjoy reading the local goings-on in my town. It’s a shame, really.
But if they’re going under, it’s their own damn fault.

]]> By: dadinseattle http://michellemalkin.com/2008/12/03/19676/comment-page-1/#comment-562177 dadinseattle Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:48:36 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=19676#comment-562177 <strong>Remember the <strike>Alamo</strike> unreleased tape! </strong> As a precondition for any money they must agree to the following government imposed standards: 1) A warning label must be affixed warning that artificial ingredients are used in place of organic ones, such as for <em>objectivity</em>; <strong>Warning:<strike>May</strike>Will contain synthetic subjectivity!</strong> 2) A BTU rating per page label must also be included with the goal of 20% higher BTU efficiency by the year 2015 3) Newspapers must agree to use alternate sources of paper other than trees or woody shrubbery with the goal of eliminating this dependence on endangered fibers by the year 2021 4)A parrot/parakeet/cockatoo Traumatic Evaluation Study must be commissioned and funded by the paper to evaluate and treat birds damaged by the long term exposure to <em>manipulated word pollution. </em> 5) All editors and editors-to-be must write on the blackboard 500 times- <strong>"I will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth!"</strong> 6) All employees will be subject to reeducation debriefing to rid them of political correctness disease and distortion syndrome, PCDDS. Remember the Alamo unreleased tape!

As a precondition for any money they must agree to the following government imposed standards:

1) A warning label must be affixed warning that artificial ingredients are used in place of organic ones, such as for objectivity;
Warning:MayWill contain synthetic subjectivity!

2) A BTU rating per page label must also be included with the goal of 20% higher BTU efficiency by the year 2015

3) Newspapers must agree to use alternate sources of paper other than trees or woody shrubbery with the goal of eliminating this dependence on endangered fibers by the year 2021

4)A parrot/parakeet/cockatoo Traumatic Evaluation Study must be commissioned and funded by the paper to evaluate and treat birds damaged by the long term exposure to manipulated word pollution.

5) All editors and editors-to-be must write on the blackboard 500 times-
“I will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth!”

6) All employees will be subject to reeducation debriefing to rid them of political correctness disease and distortion syndrome, PCDDS.

]]> By: right_on http://michellemalkin.com/2008/12/03/19676/comment-page-1/#comment-562175 right_on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:46:40 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=19676#comment-562175 <blockquote>... the newspapers who offer these products obviously don’t agree with Blumenthal that it’s “essential” to get them in <em><strong>dead-tree form</strong></em>.</blockquote> Why aren't the global warming, and other environmental groups all over this? Could it be that perhaps they are caught up in a quandary? How can one support free speech and the "all important" printed press, yet rail against carbon emissions that the printing presses produce? Not to mention the energy taken away from "those who need it most," the destruction of forests (for the paper products), which depletes the CO2 coverters (trees), and the rampant over-harvest of <em>macrocystis pyrifera </em>(Pacific Ocean kelp) for the production of sodium alginate, a key ingredient in the "inking" process. Gosh, the forests are critical habitats for endangered species, as are the giant kelp forests off the coast of California. How will the spotted owls, sea otters, abalone, sea urchins, white sea bass, and many others species survive this rape of nature? (sarc/off) All this to print newspapers that no one needs, or wants to read? For the sake of 100 jobs, the environmental wackos will look the other way? Oh, yea, they need the press to promote their propaganda, and to support the liberal agenda...

… the newspapers who offer these products obviously don’t agree with Blumenthal that it’s “essential” to get them in dead-tree form.

Why aren’t the global warming, and other environmental groups all over this? Could it be that perhaps they are caught up in a quandary?

How can one support free speech and the “all important” printed press, yet rail against carbon emissions that the printing presses produce? Not to mention the energy taken away from “those who need it most,” the destruction of forests (for the paper products), which depletes the CO2 coverters (trees), and the rampant over-harvest of macrocystis pyrifera (Pacific Ocean kelp) for the production of sodium alginate, a key ingredient in the “inking” process.

Gosh, the forests are critical habitats for endangered species, as are the giant kelp forests off the coast of California. How will the spotted owls, sea otters, abalone, sea urchins, white sea bass, and many others species survive this rape of nature? (sarc/off)

All this to print newspapers that no one needs, or wants to read? For the sake of 100 jobs, the environmental wackos will look the other way? Oh, yea, they need the press to promote their propaganda, and to support the liberal agenda…

]]> By: fulldroolcup http://michellemalkin.com/2008/12/03/19676/comment-page-1/#comment-562173 fulldroolcup Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:44:25 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=19676#comment-562173 I'm just waiting for the blaring headline: "<em>Detroit Free Press</em> seeks government bailout". The subversion and perversion of our Constitution will then be complete. I’m just waiting for the blaring headline:

“Detroit Free Press seeks government bailout”.

The subversion and perversion of our Constitution will then be complete.

]]> By: Swamp Hermit’s *QUICK* Bits « The Swamp Hermit’s Report http://michellemalkin.com/2008/12/03/19676/comment-page-1/#comment-562170 Swamp Hermit’s *QUICK* Bits « The Swamp Hermit’s Report Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:38:30 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=19676#comment-562170 [...] New moochers in town: Newspapers Say No to Newspaper Bailouts - How “free” can a “free press” be if it is leveraged with government funding? How free would they be to criticize other corporate enterprises seeking local, state or federal help to keep them afloat in hard times? Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? A press beholden to the ruling class — a press that cannot stand on its own two feet and the strength of its product — is a press better off dead. 99.9% of newspapers support the Democratic Party, so screw them! Chambliss on Palin: “I can’t overstate the impact she had down here” - “When she walks in a room, folks just explode,” he added. “And they really did pack the house everywhere we went. She’s a dynamic lady, a great administrator, and I think she’s got a great future in the Republican Party.” Gov. Sarah Palin SAVED the Republican Party - AND America - by stopping any chance of the Democrats having filibuster-proof, 60-vote “super majority” in the Senate! Minnesota Recount: How to Stuff a Ballot Box, and other developments - Of course, if Franken ballots keep materializing in the precincts, he may not need to worry about it. [...] [...] New moochers in town: Newspapers Say No to Newspaper Bailouts – How “free” can a “free press” be if it is leveraged with government funding? How free would they be to criticize other corporate enterprises seeking local, state or federal help to keep them afloat in hard times? Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? A press beholden to the ruling class — a press that cannot stand on its own two feet and the strength of its product — is a press better off dead. 99.9% of newspapers support the Democratic Party, so screw them! Chambliss on Palin: “I can’t overstate the impact she had down here” – “When she walks in a room, folks just explode,” he added. “And they really did pack the house everywhere we went. She’s a dynamic lady, a great administrator, and I think she’s got a great future in the Republican Party.” Gov. Sarah Palin SAVED the Republican Party – AND America – by stopping any chance of the Democrats having filibuster-proof, 60-vote “super majority” in the Senate! Minnesota Recount: How to Stuff a Ballot Box, and other developments – Of course, if Franken ballots keep materializing in the precincts, he may not need to worry about it. [...]

]]> By: BobonStatenIsland http://michellemalkin.com/2008/12/03/19676/comment-page-1/#comment-562149 BobonStatenIsland Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:17:33 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=19676#comment-562149 Concerning NewsPapers, for the Federal Gov't to keep this dying medium afloat would be the same as if the Federal Gov't kept the horse and buggy afloat in face of the coming of the Automobile. That applies to the Auto Industry today as well, because the Feds insist that the Auto Industry makes cars few people want and insist, also, that they continue with their rediculous contracts with Labor that will never let them keep their heads above water for very long, regardless of the size of the bailout. Concerning NewsPapers, for the Federal Gov’t to keep this dying medium afloat would be the same as if the Federal Gov’t kept the horse and buggy afloat in face of the coming of the Automobile.
That applies to the Auto Industry today as well, because the Feds insist that the Auto Industry makes cars few people want and insist, also, that they continue with their rediculous contracts with Labor that will never let them keep their heads above water for very long, regardless of the size of the bailout.

]]> By: AlohaGuy http://michellemalkin.com/2008/12/03/19676/comment-page-1/#comment-562108 AlohaGuy Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:44:11 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=19676#comment-562108 Buggy Whips. Dead trees for news are, well, dead. Wake up and smell the daisies. Buggy Whips. Dead trees for news are, well, dead.

Wake up and smell the daisies.

]]> By: rightwingrocker http://michellemalkin.com/2008/12/03/19676/comment-page-1/#comment-562089 rightwingrocker Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:31:16 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=19676#comment-562089 Dude ... WHERE's MY BAILOUT?!?!?! RWR www.rightwingrocker.com Dude …

WHERE’s MY BAILOUT?!?!?!

RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com

]]> By: pueblo1032 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/12/03/19676/comment-page-1/#comment-562084 pueblo1032 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:29:10 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/?p=19676#comment-562084 If this were to come to fruition, it would be the MOTHER OF ALL BAILOUTS!!! To reward the INCOMPETENCE, STUPIDITY, and MISS-MANAGEMENT of these BUFFOONS with TAX PAYERS MONEY, would be the greatest SLAP in the face ever perpetrated against the AMERICAN PEOPLE... This CANNOT be allowed to happen, EVER!!! If this were to come to fruition, it would be the MOTHER OF ALL BAILOUTS!!! To reward the INCOMPETENCE, STUPIDITY, and MISS-MANAGEMENT of these BUFFOONS with TAX PAYERS MONEY, would be the greatest SLAP in the face ever perpetrated against the AMERICAN PEOPLE… This CANNOT be allowed to happen, EVER!!!

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