PAYOFF? U.S. bill seeks to rescue faltering newspapers. The bill will make them nonpartisan — like NPR.

UPDATE: “Well, the MSM got their man elected last fall. And like any powerful lobby — or high-priced call girl — they should expect to get something for their services.”

ANOTHER UPDATE: Dan Riehl writes: “Congress can’t make newspapers non-profit. For most practical purposes, they already are. It seems to me this would be better characterized as a way of changing the rules to permit them to continue to fail.”