Posted on 09/06/2022 6:47:17 AM PDT by Twotone
A new version of the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) is circulating that is worse than the original. It allows mainstream, legacy and left-wing media to form exclusionary media cartels and then empowers them with extraordinary collective-bargaining power to collude with Big Tech companies. The amendments serve only to spell out in greater specificity how to exclude conservative and anti-establishment media from any alleged benefits.
Specifically, the new JCPA contains a provision that allows “eligible” media companies forming a cartel to “create admission criteria for membership unrelated to the size of an eligible digital journalism provider or the views expressed by its content, including criteria to limit membership to only eligible publishers or only eligible broadcasters.”
That provision is significant especially for its specificity. These mainstream and left-wing media cartels may not exclude based on size or “views expressed by its content.” But that is not how the exclusion happens or will happen.
These self-appointed mainstream and left-wing media cartels ARE allowed to exclude based on the usual, totally subjective, factors they always do, such as: “trustworthiness,” “fake news, “extremism,” “misinformation,” “hate speech,” “conspiracy,” “correction policy,” “expertise,” “authoritativeness,” etc.
All of these terms are viewpoint neutral, yet when interpreted by leftist NGOs, “media watchdogs” like NewsGuard, and the fact checkers and content moderators of Big Tech, inevitably end up targeting just one side of the political spectrum, with only the occasional token reprimand of the corporate mainstream media.
Despite misleading the American public for years – even winning a Pulitzer for their efforts – most of the news companies that pushed the discredited “Russiagate” conspiracy theory, like the New York Times and the Washington Post, continue to receive a “green” approval rating...
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
And CNN/MSNBC ratings will continue to be LOW. Nothing will save them.
Allows “eligible” media companies forming a cartel to “create admission criteria for membership.
aka the media SS
Yep, all that is needed now is for which fish-wrap to be renamed ‘Itzvestia’ (News) and which to be renamed ‘Pravda’ (Truth). From there the others can go for Humpty & Dumpty & Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Doe ... etc. Ones that would not need renaming are those with names similar to ‘The Daily Democrat’ and the like.
Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) or the Official State Media Act (OSMA).
Once again proving the rule that the name of the legislation is the exact opposite of its intention and effect.
Control Freaks never give up. Always plotting, scheming, coming from several directions.
Can’t let our guard down for a minute.
They can’t be reasoned with, because they will ignore any teuce or agreement. They must be defeated, completely.
Scorched Earth.
Trump instinctively knows this.
So they want to open the door to diluting Constitutional freedom of the press? Then it is time to treat it like the 2nd amendment has been treated and pass bills that force them to be honest.
In the last days before the Tribulation Period, expect the world to be flooded with lies. We ain’t seen nothing yet.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.