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First, you shouldn't be getting downvoted. This is a legitimate question in my opinion.

In America, there's generally an attitude of caveat emptor for non-essential things, news publications included.* I live in New York City, and I think most people understand NYDN falls more on the entertainment side of the spectrum, and read it for entertainment rather than to be informed.

*Meaning we generally are happy to have things like food and drinking water and transportation regulated, but not so much things like movies or video games or books.



News is not like movies, video games or books which enter the creative domain. News should be objective and factual since it presents real thing.

Also regulation already exist where it's relevant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_in_the_United...




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