http://tlf.disqus.com/The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology.enTue, 03 Nov 2009 18:47:40 -0000https://techliberation.com/2009/10/22/the-dangers-of-government-subsidized-news/#comment-21812082<p>Yours is only technology web incompetent enough to force readers to suffer your choice of microfont. All other technology news webs allowed me to read webs comfortably. They respected my browser settings for large easy to read font. No, I did not override your override to make your web readable. Plenty others to read.<br>Not cute, just incompetent web design.</p>EricTue, 03 Nov 2009 18:47:40 -0000https://techliberation.com/2009/10/22/the-dangers-of-government-subsidized-news/#comment-20856197<p>The story has larger implications, of course. It reflects a facile tool the government uses to hook beneficiaries through secure dependency, and then control their output. TV is the most obvious example. But, it is a lesson for the coming healthcare plan / options - you take Uncle Sam's benefit, you take the strings, too. As Peggy Noonan writes, "the overseers" will not be content to leave your behavior - things that affect the network costs of healthcare - off the table. Put down that single malt now!</p><p>Big government. Big drugs...really.</p>mwendyFri, 23 Oct 2009 09:47:41 -0000