Free Republic

Democratic efforts to include a special $50,000-per-year journalist tax break within President Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending package have sparked accusations of “media collusion.” Sen. Ron Johnson argued the tax credit would create an improper relationship between the federal government and the nation’s leading media outlets.... ...The tax credit would allow “local news” outlets to receive a quarterly tax credit, “equal to 50%” of a journalist’s wages up to a cap of $12,500-per-quarter....