Welcome to the Friday afternoon “Woot” addition. Why woot? Because this year, even if you can’t go to E3, IGN and Youtube will bring it to you.
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So Why else woot you ask? Because it seems that not only have the good Sisters been having problems with the papers, it seems like most of the rest of the nation id just a bit miffed about it as well. If you feel that freedom of speach is more important than government initiatives to force newspapers down our throats, than according to Rasmussen Reports 85% of Americans agree with you. Here is a quote:
Americans continues to oppose government-driven solutions for the newspaper industry’s problems in large part because of their concern that they threaten the press’ independence.
“A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 85% of Adults believe that maintaining freedom of the press is more important than supporting the newspaper industry. Only six percent (6%) put supporting the newspaper business first.” – RasmusenReports.com
Did you hear that sound in the distance? Yes, that sound is the sound of the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) furiously tap dancing around the issue as it searches frantically for some form of plausible deniability. Here is a quote from Gamepolitics.com
“It looks like the folks at the top of the Federal Trade Commission are distancing themselves from the fairly controversial proposal to save the newspaper industry – if the Wall Street Journal is to be believed. The “working paper on reinventing the media” was released on May 24 and widely criticized by most everyone as ludicrous. The report looked at ways to save the newspaper industry by charging fees to news aggregator sites that source newspapers, and taxes on electronics like iPads, laptops and Kindles. Money collected from these and other methods would then be redistributed to traditional media outlets.” – Gamepolitics.com
To which all I can add is if the problems the good sisters have been having with the newspapers lately are typical of most Americans, it is easy to see the source of the well-spring of American attitudes on the issue.