Fear of Fox: Autocrats and the Uppity Media
Napoleon once said he feared three newspapers more than a thousand bayonets. I fear them too, but for different reasons. News organizations flirting with bankruptcy and courting government bailouts present a troubling dilemma. If it is true, as Napoleon said, that leaders are dealers in hope, then one could say that Obama has taken the idiom and run with it. Certainly Napoleon would have jumped at the chance to put a few newspapers at his disposal -- what politician wouldn't? Although Senator Cardin's Newspaper Revitalization Act has good intentions, so does that road to hell we've heard so much about....
Original Article: Forum: News/Activism
Tags: Autocrats, Bankruptcy, Bayonets, Different Reasons, Dilemma, Fear, Flirting, Fox, Good Intentions, Napoleon, Newspapers, Obama, Politician, Revitalization Act, Road To Hell, Senator Cardin