Save Journalism: Regulate the Internet

Radley Balko linked to an op-ed in the Washington Post that perports to argue what is needed to "save" journalism. It mostly points to the internet as the problem and restrictions on the internet as the solution. I'd argue that they are not so much intersted in saving journalism as saving the "traditional" content providers, like the New York Times and Washington Post, by regulating the internet so they can successfully charge for content. It didn't work the last time they tried it so they called in markers from their fellow travelors in the Senate to force the issue through regulation. If they were so damned worried about the survival of journalism they might try doing a bit instead of printing bias and calling it journalism. The fact is journalism is alive and well on the interent. It's just not them doing it.