  Submission Number: Brent Damery North Carolina Initiative
Name: The things being proposed by the FCC are an outrage. A
"bailout" of "traditional" journalism? Obviously journalism will
continue without new taxes (during these hard times at that).
That is evident by the fact that other journalistic outlets are
thriving in other forms such as the internet. Someone at the top
of the FCC is fond of the "traditional" media and does not want
to see it go. It is an outrage that anyone would consider tax
dollars as a way to prop up this industry. This will cause the
government to be in control of the media. Any industry that
survives only through government support is subserviant to the
government, and of course the government can only do this by
taking money from taxpayers. Whether Democrats or Republicans
are in office, this idea will lead to government run media,
which takes away accountability in government, and that is a
dangerous thing for our freedom. Any industry that cannot
survive in today's times should b