...The problem I see with that is that non-profits are not allowed to have political opinions or be politically active, so clearly this puts any newspaper under the thumb of the government, who could then threaten to take way their tax exempt status and impose a tax burden that would destroy them, if the government percieves the paper to be political or unfair in anyway....

This should also apply to churches. Remember a little heavy-handed contributing done by a certain church this past year? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/evil.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/evil.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/evil.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/evil.gif" alt="" />
Tax 'em if they want to play. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/butwiggle.gif" alt="" />