on the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act , conceding that the gravy train for the corporate establishment media will not be passed in this congress.
“With the JCPA language not included in the omnibus bill, there will likely be no legislative action during this Congressional session,” wrote R&TVBR.The trade journal also spoke to a D.C. insider who said an omnibus attachment was the “only way” for the JCPA to be approved, with the prospects of a standalone bill passing “all but dead.”
The JCPA, had it passed, would have been a corporate welfare bonanza for the media industry. The bill would have established a government-approved gravy train of financial handouts and other favors from Big Tech to Big Media, deepening the insider relationship between the two powerful institutions. Media lobbyists pushed relentlessly for the bill throughout this Congress. However, despite some Republican collaborators, the JCPA faced stiff opposition from leading conservatives in the House and Senate.
🧵1/2 With the JCPA language not included in the omnibus bill, there will likely be no legislative action during this Congressional session, wrote R&TVBR.The trade journal also spoke to a D.C. insider who said an omnibus attachment was the only way for the JCPA to be approved,
Drop cable, directv, dish, and satellite radio. Drop Hollyweird. Drop NFL and NBA. They need us more than we need them.
For now. This won't go away.
Vranyo -- the organized act of collective lying and feigned acceptance -- needs to be subsidized because consumers will not pay to be lied to. The weaker media outlets are failing, others will follow.
As it should be
Some more good news this Christmas.
It's hard to imagine the media getting more biased. Bill Gates gives millions to online newspapers and they know exactly what to cover and what to cover up. If the government funded them instead it would be the same deal, since the oligarchs and govt are aligned.
Journalism getting paid to “NOT” to Journal, Who would have ever thought the day would come. It’s ok, The People will do it it without Media!!!!
I hear Disney is selling ESPN and NBC. Maybe my president will buy them .