19 Senate Democrats Seek Media Funding in Next COVID-19 Bill; FP, Others Want $5B
Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and 18 other Democrats urged Senate leaders to include funding in the next COVID-19 bill “to support local journalism and media." Free Press Action, Michael Copps of Common Cause and others also sought media funding Wednesday.…
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The News Media Alliance seeks similar (see 2003300057). “Local news is in a state of crisis that has only been exacerbated” by COVID-19 economic fallout, the Democratic senators wrote Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Appropriations Committee leaders. “Local papers and local broadcasters have lost even more of the advertising revenue they rely on” because most nonessential businesses have temporarily shuttered. “During this unprecedented public health crisis, people need to have access to their trusted local news outlets” for “reliable and sometimes life-saving information,” the senators said. FP and other groups want Congress to allocate at least $5 billion to support local journalism, including for CPB.