Could the Koch Brothers Be Good For the Tribune Co. Newspapers?

Four days ago, The New York Times reported the billionaire Koch brothers are interested in buying the Tribune Company’s stable of newspapers, including The Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, igniting fears from some in the media that the duo would use the paper’s to thump for their libertarian causes.

On Friday morning, NPR’s David Folkenflik talked to some former Tribune newspapermen who said, basically, so what?

“I think with the Koch brothers, people will probably look at it and say, ‘well, O.K.,

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