The China Daily, a Chinese Communist Party-controlled outlet, has paid over $1 million to establishment outlets that support the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA).
The News Media Alliance, a trade association representing some of the most powerful media conglomerates, has showered Congress with cash in lobbying and donations to advance the deceptively-named Journalism Competition and Protection Act (JCPA).
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.
Rep. Ken Buck is continuing to co-sponsor and promote a bill that would allow big media companies to form a cartel to pressure tech companies for more censorship and special favors by creating a special antitrust carve-out for them.
Representatives of the Big Media conglomerates told Congress they need a special antitrust exemption to defend their industry today, at a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee.
The New York Times writes in a recent article that a new study shows that Google made approximately $4.7 billion from the News industry in 2018. The News Media Alliance, which represents 2,000 newspapers, believes that journalists deserve a cut from the Masters of the Universe.
