Op-ed by Jeff Jacoby, subheadlined “Let politicians prop up the media, and the media will prop up the politicians,” includes “Quite a few voices have been raised in support of government aid to local news media. … I respectfully dissent. … But I am also aware that the news media is now among the least trusted institutions in society — not quite as reviled as Congress, but close — and government subsidies will only add to the skepticism with which many Americans regard the media. … Subsidies nearly always amount to confiscating money from the many in order to redistribute it to the few. …”