U.S. Senators want to Save Ailing Newspapers.

Democrats are worried they’ll be losing their water carriers:

The U.S. government could provide tax breaks for newspapers or allow them to operate as nonprofits to help the struggling business survive, Sen. John Kerry said Wednesday.

Without newspapers, Kerry and other lawmakers said at a Senate subcommittee hearing Wednesday, there will be too few journalists investigating governments, companies and individuals. —Reuters

The punchline from the article:

“I’m afraid we’re going to lose that watchdog if we don’t figure this out,” said Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat

I’m sure she meant we’re going to lose the dog watchers if we don’t figure this out….