From The Christian Science Monitor

As 'new media' proliferate, does government have a role?

The Federal Trade Commission is holding hearings on whether government should have any regulatory role as blogs and web-only news sites proliferate. It's a red flag for many journalists.


Federal Trade Commission headquarters in Washington. The FTC is holding a series of hearings examining whether government should have any role as blogs and web-only news sites proliferate.


By Gloria Goodale, Staff writer / June 5, 2010

Los Angeles

When former Washington Post reporter Sarah Cohen appeared at a recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC), hearing on the role of government in modern journalism, she admits to being nervous.

“I’d never testified at one before and I also didn’t know whether they would like what I had to say,â€