Posted on 05/11/2021 8:02:57 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) told Breitbart News exclusively that she is opposed to a proposal called the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), which would allow establishment media outlets to form a cartel to pressure big tech companies for more censorship and special favors with a special media antitrust exemption.
The proposal, which has been offered in both the House and Senate, is beginning to face serious and growing GOP opposition, with Blackburn joining a now growing list of conservatives to publicly oppose the bill. House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy and House Judiciary Committee ranking member Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) have already come out against it.
“The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act will give even more power to the mainstream media and Silicon Valley,” Blackburn told Breitbart News. “We need to protect our small newspapers and ensure they are compensated for their content. This will allow big tech to further consolidate power and make it even easier to censor conservative voices on social media.”
Blackburn’s opposition to the legislation is another blow to the effort to create this antitrust exemption for establishment media companies, a charge being led by Reps. David Cicilline (D-RI) and Ken Buck (R-CO).
Buck, it turns out, has received at least $18,000 from lobbyists, special interest groups, and PACs for organizations that stand to financially benefit from the JCPA, as Breitbart News reported earlier this week.
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MiniTru here we come!
Bust the monopoly.
It is despotic and deceptive.
Yawn, is this the same Marsha Blackburn who decided a few people walking into the capital building justified seating an illegally elected president? Sorry, she is responsible for the way this country is deteriorating right now.
You’re right again! I won’t forget what Marsha did!
I’ll never vote for her again. She promised to object to the electors. But she was so terrified hiding behind closed doors that she had to let down the people she supposedly represented.
Yep, that’s the one. Whatever happened to “the people’s house”? I would expect that included the halls of CONgress as well as the White House, all of which are surrounded by fencing now. What country are we in again?
Marsha voted to certify the election results. Another useless, spineless elitist.
Yea, same Marsha who thinks the process of removing the worthless Liz Cheney isn’t fair and our version of canceling.
She is as worthless as tits on a Steer.
“is this the same Marsha Blackburn who decided a few people walking into the capital building justified seating an illegally elected president?”
That’s the one! Along with her feckless TN cohort Bill Hagerty. We in Tennessee NEVER will forgive her for that — for assuming that her constituents would do such a thing. If she thinks so little of us, then she needs to GO!! My letter to her said exactly that.
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