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FTC Plans to Study Journalism's Woes -- and That's a Problem
By Bob Franken - Politics DailyThe Federal Trade Commission is scheduling public workshops on the media -- two full days to examine the problems of journalism. Please permit me to be subtle: What a DUMB idea!!! This is the Federal Trade Commission we're talking about.The New York Times reports the sessions, scheduled for December, are designed to "play a facilitating and public education role in gathering together various disciplines and perspectives to talk about the crisis in mainstream journalism." ...
Dan Rather Calls for Presidential Media Commission
By Bob Franken - Politics DailyHere's a question for Dan Rather: How could you be so right and yet so wrong? More specifically: What would possess you to call for the government to stick its nose into journalism? You're right on the money when you decry the sorry state of the media in this country. But you are amazingly off base when you suggest a commission appointed by the president to study the problem. -- ...
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