Column: News business needs help in California. Is government the answer?
Briefly

There's state legislation brewing that would force the largest internet platforms - like Google - to kick in money to help save journalism. These platforms are the principal villains, after all, in the downfall of so many news outlets.
Robust journalism is the essential component of a healthy democracy. Weak journalism leads to a sick democracy.
Most government and political writers, by nature, are driven by the desire to cut through the bull and provide the public with straight facts written in an understandable way.
Read at Los Angeles Times
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