Once again, we see big companies purchasing legislators to empower large mainstream media and secure an advantage over smaller media outlets and independent content creators.

Size matters…

(2) NEWS CONTENT CREATOR.—The term ‘‘news content creator’’ means—

(A) any print, broadcast, or digital news organization that—

(i) has a dedicated professional editorial staff that creates and distributes original news and related content concerning local, national, or international matters of public interest on at least a weekly basis; and

(ii) is marketed through subscriptions, advertising, or sponsorship; and

(B)

(i) provides original news and related content with the editorial content consisting of not less than 25 percent current news and related content; or

(ii) broadcasts original news and related content pursuant to a license granted by the Federal Communications Commission under title III of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 301 et seq.).

(3) ONLINE CONTENT DISTRIBUTOR.—The term ‘‘online content distributor’’ means any entity that—

(A) operates a website or other online service that displays, distributes, or directs users to news articles, works of journalism, or other content on the internet that is generated by third party news content creators; and

(B) has not fewer than 1,000,000,000 monthly active users, in the aggregate, of all of its websites or online services worldwide.

CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other major media companies to form an alliance to collectively bargain with Big Tech platforms to promote and, more importantly, protect and limit their  content

Once again, the media moguls and tech tyrants unite to legislatively strengthen their control over what a user may discover, see or hear.

And, not so coincidentally, protect the big social media platforms from being broken up due to their quasi-monopolies in today’s information marketplace.

Who are the initial GOP sell-outs of this progressive communist democrat legislation?

Bottom line…

This is only part of the source consolidation and censorship/cancellation push. The next part is the modification of copyright legislation.

Why should some of the big social media players like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram be given an antitrust exemption after lying to the public about the Russia hoax, the Ukraine hoax, the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop information, and, most of all, the manipulation of the COVID-19 narrative and cheaper alternative therapeutics?

Enough is enough!

We will be so screwed if we allow our bought-and-paid-for politicians to ignore their constituencies and pander to the special interests as important election cycles approach.

-- steve