Washington Post Calls For Federal Funding Of Newspapers?

Courtesy Techdirt  Fri, 10/30/2009 - 16:15

Just days after we wrote about a study that showed more government funding of the press leads to less reporting on government corruption , along comes the Washington Post with an editorial saying it's time to have the federal government fund more journalism .

I wonder how Watergate would have turned out if the Washington Post was relying on Nixon for cash... The editorial piece claims that no one is "filling the gap" left by fewer newspaper reporters,...

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