Bobert ,

I don't have a television and haven't had one since 1993. I get my broadcast news from NPR.

Your proposal requires that someone determine whether or not to "pull the plug" on an organization. I am not doubting that such a determination COULD be made. I am asking you whom do you trust to make the determination.

CarolC,

You said "Please show me where I said I had faith in the government's ability to distinguish news from propaganda and its trustworthines". Today at 1:34 p.m. you wrote, "Didn't we used to have laws or something that were supposed to make it illegal to pass propaganda off as "news"? That's what we really need."

What agency do you trust to make that determination? If you don't trust the government to make the determination, then why do we "really need" "laws or something that were supposed to make it illegal to pass propaganda off as 'news'"?

Kent