Media Bailout Sparks Debate

Connecticut lawmaker Frank Nicastro sees saving the local newspaper as his duty. But others think he and his colleagues are setting a worrisome precedent for government involvement in the U.S. press.

Nicastro represents Connecticut's 79th assembly district, which includes Bristol, a city of about 61,000 people outside Hartford, the state capital. Its paper, The Bristol Press, may fold within days, along with The Herald in nearby New Britain.

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Comments

[TallyLass]

Listen! NO! For what we get from the so-called media, NO. Help the middle class, before we have no country left

[vietveter]

Dear Government,

Please put us all back to work at a living wage.

If a media outlet is viable we will support it. If it is not; please let it die a natural death.

Thanks,

Looking forward to being a taxpayer