A window of opportunity has at last opened for federal aid to support local journalism

Poynter Institute for Media Studies ^ | Rick Edmonds

[ProgressingAmerica]

As the $3.5 trillion federal spending bill slowly makes its way through the House and Senate budget reconciliation process, tucked inside is as much as $1 billion to help local journalism.

Specifically, lawmakers have picked up on one of three provisions of the proposed Local Journalism Sustainability Act — a payroll tax credit for journalists employed by local newspapers, digital-only sites or broadcast outlets. The government would subsidize half of salaries up to $50,000 the first year and 30% for four subsequent years.

[ProgressingAmerica]

Poynter(owns Politifact) really wants journalism subsidized by government.

It's currently in the bill.

[Huskrrrr]

Pravda.

[Mr. K]

whollykrap!

[Leaning Right]

> federal aid to support local journalism <

He who pays the piper calls the tune.

[libertylover]

The government would subsidize half of salaries up to $50,000 the first year and 30% for four subsequent years.

Popular with Communists and Nazis.

[Pining_4_TX]

We all know that government doesn’t subsidize anything. The taxpayers do. However, when government uses our money to support “journalism”, we will have even more of a state-run media than we do now.

[cgbg]

“Journalists” already obey their billionaire slave-masters.

This will just increase the number of the obedient slaves.

[Lurkinanloomin]

The Ministry of Propaganda needs to be propped up with taxpayer dollars because it is being rejected by the citizens.

[leaning conservative]

Good post. Just no to this.

[SpaceBar]

Because quality propaganda doesn’t just grow on trees.

[Flavious_Maximus]

The left is not satisfied having complete control of PBS and NPR.

We now have to subsidize the Bolshevik propaganda from all local outlets.

[jagusafr]

Oh, HELL, no...

[GSWarrior]

A little off topic perhaps, but 15-20 years ago in the big cities there were newspaper vending boxes practically on every corner. There were newsstands and magazine stores sprinkled around. You could buy a publication tailored to practically any topic you wanted.

It wasn’t as easy to censor opinions and ideas as it is in 2021.

[Paladin2]

If the Feds are funding it, it’s not Journalism. It’s Gerbilism.

[bigbob]

In other news, Acme Corp. has announced a new program to subsidize coyotes...

[Presbyterian Reporter]

Local journalists are Communists who paid big dollars to get a degree in Journalism only to find that jobs with a newspaper paid about the same as flipping burgers.

Now Biden wants to create a Pravda system at the local newspaper level.

[McBuff]

Three letters: N - P - R

[Red Badger]

He who pays the fiddler calls the tune................

[Sirius Lee]

So journalists will now work directly for the government? As if they weren't already acting like propaganda mills. This just makes it official.

The MSM already lost all credibility. Now it's time for the local media to follow suit.

[adorno]

Government subsidies for journalism and government control of media, are the stuff of tyrannical regimes.

When a journalist becomes indebted to government, there is no turning back.