HuffPost recently posted this  ...making itself look good and setting itself apart as an online independent media source compared to these companies that are showing print media's downfall...

A newspaper company bailout? hahahhaha... I would prefer the government stay as far away from newspapers ... and the big corporations lose and diminish their control over more media outlets. 

Johann Hari of the London Independent writes an excellent article discussing how although newspapers are doing badly, we certainly cannot have anything that will give the government too much control over newspapers: 

However, i think that Hari should also point out more that although newspaper companies are dying out right now, blogs and other independent media sources have shown how much of an influence they can have on a society and its government.

Citizen reporters are realizing the power they have in their hands to type out and research information to communicate to the rest of the world the truth, and in essence become a journalist themselves. Also, citizen journalists are at the right time when they can work to collaborate with professional journalists to gather more information and make a greater difference. We do not need newspaper conglomerates after all.  Hari doesn't really make a mention of independent media. He should.