Robert Mcchesney pitches for bailout of far left newspapers like NYtimes and LA times…

[1] http://pmwarner.blogspot.com/2009/05/robert-mcchesney-on-death-and-life-of.html

The New York Times and Washington Post have become the latest newspapers to announce plans to downsize their staffs. As papers across the country continue to fold or downsize, policy officials and experts are contemplating a series of proposals to help newspapers stay afloat. On Capitol Hill, Democratic Senator Benjamin Cardin of Maryland has introduced the Newspaper Revitalization Act. Meanwhile, in an article in The Nation magazine titled “The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers,” media activists Robert McChesney and John Nichols are proposing a multi-part journalism economic stimulus package.
Guest:

Robert McChesney, Co-founder of Free Press. Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His article “The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers” appears in The Nation magazine.