{"id":48345,"date":"2022-12-06T12:10:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T17:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=48345"},"modified":"2022-12-06T12:10:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T17:10:37","slug":"why-many-americans-dont-trust-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=48345","title":{"rendered":"Why Many Americans Don’t Trust Politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, Breitbart<\/a> posted the following headline:<\/p>\n

SOURCES: McConnell Caves to Pelosi, Schumer, Allows JCPA Media Cartel Bailout Bill to Be Included in Defense Package<\/h1>\n

The laweconcenter<\/a> points out some of the legal issues with the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act. Please read the entire article for the details, but here is a summary of the problems:<\/p>\n

1. JCPA MAY VIOLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT<\/span><\/p>\n

2. NEWS CARTELS HARM CONSUMERS<\/span><\/p>\n

3. THE BILL CONFLICTS WITH COPYRIGHT LAW<\/span><\/p>\n

4. THE JCPA SUPPRESSES COMPETITION<\/span><\/p>\n

I can understand why the mainstream media would want to suppress competition–they are losing viewers and listeners at an alarming rate. I doubt the NPR would be on the air without government subsidies (another questionable spending priority by Congress).<\/p>\n

Breitbart reports:<\/p>\n

Over objections from House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy, the likely next speaker of the House come January 3 of next year, other congressional leaders acquiesced to lobbyist pressure and agreed to include the JCPA in the base text of the NDAA. McCarthy was the only member of congressional leadership to fight back against the inclusion, but was overruled three to one after McConnell caved.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We obviously need new Republican leadership in the Senate.<\/p>\n

In an article posted November 30th, Breitbart<\/a> notes:<\/p>\n

Even with the hastily-added Senate amendment aimed at addressing conservative concerns regarding collusion between the media industry and Big Tech on the censorship of competitors, the bill still contains plenty of ways for the cartel to sideline conservative media.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Provisions to ensure the cartel cannot discriminate on the basis of \u201cviewpoint\u201d are particularly unconvincing. The pretexts used by social media companies, \u201cfact checkers,\u201d and other arms of the corporate censorship apparatus are almost always viewpoint-neutral. No one is censored for being a conservative, say the censors: they are censored for \u201cmisinformation,\u201d \u201chate speech,\u201d \u201cconspiracy theories,\u201d and other purportedly viewpoint-neutral reasons.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Congress has no business meddling in the exercise of free speech or adding that meddling to a defense bill.<\/p>\n

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