A Bailout for Newspapers?

Via Drudge: Government aid could save U.S. newspapers, spark debate.

Spark debate?  “Piss people off” is more like it.

First the Big Three of the auto industry.  Now newspapers.  So the norm now is not just to bail out failing sectors of the economy, but to bail out failing sectors of the economy that should either be very small or no longer exist.

Related: Some non-print media may also run into trouble in 2009.