Endowed organizations face pressures too. Yes. This (from Page 2 of the NYT article) is one of the many paragraphs I left out of my excerpt: http://www.nytimes

Endowed organizations face pressures too. Yes. This (from Page 2 of the NYT article) is one of the many paragraphs I left out of my excerpt: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/opinion/28swensen.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/opinion/28swensen.html?pag... One constraint on an endowed institution is the prohibition in the same law against trying to “influence legislation” or “participate in any campaign activity for or against political candidates.” While endowed newspapers would need to refrain from endorsing candidates for public office, they would still be free to participate forcefully in the debate over issues of public importance. The loss of endorsements seems minor in the context of the opinion-heavy Web.