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FCC's Baker: Feds Shouldn't Bail Out Media

  • The Hill, Monday, September 20, 2010 12:40 AM
Government funds for the ailing media industry would jeopardize the freedom of the press and undermine the public's trust in its reporting, according to Federal Communications Commission member Meredith Attwell Baker, daughter-in-law to former Sec. of State James Baker.

Speaking at the Capitol Hill Media Summit on Wednesday, Baker warned that a government bailout of media companies would only reduce the public's faith in their reporting. "Without true independence from government, the press could not serve its proud role as a check on governmental authority." She cited statistics that only 20 percent of Americans think news organizations are independent and 60 percent believe they are politically biased.

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