U.S. Sen. John Kerry plans to hold a hearing on the plight of newspapers and the newspaper industry. Presumably he’s become sensitized to the problem because of the plight of the Boston Globe.
Not the kind of thing U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd will be running out to do, but maybe he and Sen. Joe Lieberman will sit in, no?
Of course the big question is whether newspaper really should want government help. I suppose it depends on what kind.
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Of course the big question is whether newspaper really should want government help. I suppose it depends on what kind.
The green kind — cash. What free-press ideals is the Courant upholding presently as it limps around town in its threadbare suit and lifeless red carnation in its buttonhole? They can gin it up all they like with redesigns, mergers, consolidations, or force it to march in Husky parades — it’s slipping into oblivion. No one wants to read it anymore — ask any one of your neighbors. Even its deserted headquarters is being pawned off to a TV station. Before long, it’ll make its home on a bench in Bushnell Park. As for the old ideals, they’ve been replaced by newspapermongery. What kind of ideal is that? It’s high time it went on the dole. A government handout might help it become a newspaper again, if they can hire some of the former staffers who actually care about news.