Why Not Bail Out Newspapers, Too?

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TO: Senior executives at U.S. newspaper companiesrnFROM: Tongue & Cheek Lobbying Innovations LLCrnThe post-Election Day landscape brings great change for Americarnand its governing philosophy, and this is why we must move quicklyrnto craft a federal bailout for the newspaper industry.rnI know from some previous discus -sions that not all of you agree. Unlike with banks, the collapse of American newspapers does not endanger the world's financial system. Unlike car companies, the newspaper industry does not lose billions of dollars each month. No matter. We can position this as a proactive move to save the only industry prominently mentioned in the Bill of Rights. (Our message team likes that last bit. You'll hear it a lot.) This industry employs over 52,000 journalists, thousands of other workers, and it faces unprecedented chal- lenges. It takes more than a quadren-nial sales spike from a closely watched election to save newspapers. Also, the bailout money is there, and-ask any struggling retailer or chain of hair salons soon to claim that they, too, are banks-it won't be there forever.