From Mike Hoyt: Dear reader,
The idea of tax subsidies to aid journalism is beginning to bubble up, but it's controversial. Do the potential positives outweigh the potential negatives? Join our conversation in this week's CJR News Meeting. Meanwhile, as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Max Baucus holds the keys to health-care reform; any health-care legislation must pass through his committee. So what he says or doesn't say is important to those following the twists and turns of the congressional effort to fix our health-care system. In this, the seventh of an occasional series of posts on the senator's pronouncements and how the media has covered them, CJR's Trudy Lieberman reads the tea leaves on a key Baucus question: What's his attitude toward the idea of a government insurer to compete with the private companies, a vital element of Obama's plan? And finally, from our business desk, The Audit, Ryan Chittum commends The Fresno Bee for going to the "unemployment capital of California" and returning with some stark imagery, scenes that conjure the Great Depression. This is Grapes of Wrath-like stuff, with 41 percent unemployment and fieldhands idled as farmland goes fallow. Yes, 41 percent. We hope you find these interesting, The editors Say Uncle (Sam) What would government tax subsidies mean for journalism? By The Editors <http://www.cjr.org/news_meeting/say_uncle_sam.php?page=all>http://www.cjr.org/news_meeting/say_uncle_sam.php?page=all Baucus Watch, Part VII Does he or doesn't he support a public plan? By Trudy Lieberman <http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/baucus_watch_part_vii.php?page=all>http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/baucus_watch_part_vii.php?page=all Fresno Bee On the Ground with the New Joads By Ryan Chittum <http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/fresno_bee_on_the_ground_with.php?page=all>http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/fresno_bee_on_the_ground_with.php?page=all If you enjoy astute media criticism consider a subscription to Columbia Journalism Review-a deal via the Web site at $19.95. To SUBSCRIBE, to give CJR as a GIFT, or to check STUDENT RATES, go to <http://www.cjr.org/subscribe/>http://www.cjr.org/subscribe/ You are currently subscribed to cjr-v as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to cjr-v as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [email protected] OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
