Comments on: First, do no harm, government

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Tue, 24 May 2011 13:35:17 +0000

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By: Seth Goldstein

Seth Goldstein — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:43:12 +0000

Honestly, the Government would get so much more out of saving the newspaper industry than saving the auto industry. Newspapers disseminate information, which in a democracy is a great thing.

By: Andy Freeman

Andy Freeman — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:56:06 +0000

Ah yes, govt.

http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2009/12/feinstein-durbin-seek-to-limit-citizen-journalism.html

By: DERMITT

DERMITT — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:03:23 +0000

Let us use our public airwaves any way we please.

By: ????????????????? – Jeff Jarvis « Agile Cat — Azure & Hadoop — Talking Book

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:00:50 +0000

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By: Andy Freeman

Andy Freeman — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:58:29 +0000

> There’s no reason for media to have tax breaks (except, as other industries receive them, for innovation).

Actually, there is no reason even then.

With few exceptions, which I’ll get to, the govt subsidies etc don’t help and typically hurt the industry. They let people think that they can ignore economics. Since the subsidies are typically grabbed by folks good at grabbing subsidies, the money goes to the wrong people. However, their existence makes it harder on the right people.

The exceptions almost all involve blowing things up, and even then it’s not clear that we aren’t paying far more than we should. (NASA was an exception for about 15 years and the space program still hasn’t recovered.)

Govt can occasionally do basic science, but that’s about it.

By: jtrigsby

jtrigsby — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:47:45 +0000

It will be very disappointing if the Government chooses to do anything to support the current model and/or nothing to support emerging models. I liken it to the ice man petitioning Congress to buy more ice, subsidize delivery costs, and encumber the new electric refrigerators with regulations & fees… all for the purpose of preserving the ice box model.

Everyone except the staunchest supporters of the current model would be better served if instead of working to help journalism survive the Internet age, we threw the support of Congress behind enabling journalism to thrive in the Internet age. Instead of working to preserve the old, work to support the development of enabling technology that will change everything.

Bet that doesn’t happen though.

@jtrigsby