Who Needs a Free Press?

Beyerstein again, this time writing at her own blog:

What the Post Office is planning to do now, in the dark of night, is implement a rate structure that gives the best prices to the biggest publishers, hence letting them lock in their market position and lessen the threat of any new competition. The new rates could make it almost impossible to launch a new magazine, unless it is spawned by a huge conglomerate.

Not surprisingly, the new scheme was drafted by Time Warner, the largest magazine publisher in the nation. All evidence available suggests the bureaucrats responsible have never considered the implications of their draconian reforms for small and independent publishers, or for citizens who depend upon a free press.

I'm not going to try to link this to "voter fraud" or anything else -- to paraphrase the old saw, there's no point in claiming conspiracy if stupidity and incompetence will explain it.