Journos Call For Independent Journalism Tax

Having seen and reported on the bailouts directed at banks and autos, ethanol producers and climate scientists; and having seen their audiences go the way of the Pontiac (and global temperatures), now the media want some bailout money too. A new report calls for a tax "to preserve independent journalism in the age of the Internet".

Bill Frezza at Real Clear Politics:

Have you ever stumbled on an oxymoron so stunning that it takes your breath away? Try coupling this with a case of chutzpah so revealing that the lack of shame on the part of those involved serves as prima fasci evidence that their elite cultural isolation has rendered them incapable of critical thinking.

I would also ask: Is this the quid pro quo demanded by the media for blatantly abandoning their principles in order to get Obama elected? He could say no. Will they then turn on him? Will they still exist? We'll find out. On the Internet.