broccoli journalism
n.— «Collective responsibility. Socialized journalism. This is the ultimate in broccoli journalism: You are not only forced to read what journalists say is good for you but you are now forced to pay for it through taxation.» —“Giving up on the news business” by Jeff Jarvis BuzzMachine Oct. 19, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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Interesting but I think this is unfair towards broccoli. (yum!)