Facebook and Google’s lobbying spending in the US Congress exceed those of all major news media organisations, analysis by Press Gazette has found.
In the past decade, the amount of money spent by the duopoly on influencing politicians in Congress has grown from $5.5 million in 2010 to $28.5 million in 2020, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics. In contrast, Press Gazette’s analysis suggests the spend by major news media organisations stood at $19.2 million in 2020 having changed little over the decade.
The number of lobbyists representing the duopoly also exceeds the number of lobbyists used by the news media organisations considered as a whole. The tech giants used 168 individuals in 2020, while the media organisations we looked at used 153.
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This key research from 1993 has been updated in James
Gattuso s new paper Back to Muzak? Congress and the Un-Fairness
Doctrine http://www.heritage.org/Research/regulation/wm1472.cfm
Legislation currently is before Congress that would reinstate a
federal communications policy known as the fairness doctrine. The
legislation, entitled the Fairness in Broadcasting Act of 1993,
is sponsored in the Senate (S. 333) by Ernest Hollings, the South
Carolina Democrat, and in the House (H.R. 1985) by Bill Hefner, the
North Carolina Democrat. It would codify a 1949 Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) regulation that once required
broadcasters to afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion
KEEL News Remembers Rush Limbaugh 710keel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 710keel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Rush Limbaugh died Wednesday (2/17) after a battle with advanced lung cancer.
His diagnosis was announced to listeners of his radio show exactly one year ago (February 2020).
News of his passing was delivered by his wife, Kathryn, on Wednesday’s
Premiere Networks radio broadcast.
To proclaim that Limbaugh was the most polarizing personality in talk radio history is completely logical and highly reasonable, although his naysayers would say “logical” and “reasonable” generally did not apply to the conservative icon’s on-air talking points.
Even so, take into account such factors as impact; longevity; audience reach; overall bombast; and it is clear why his vaunted position as the “premiere” entry on both
It’s been a great honor to have a radio talk show that airs before Rush in several markets in Montana- including Billings, Bozeman, Livingston, Butte, Great Falls, Helena and Kalispell. But how do you sum up the life and career of the man who made such a mark on this country, on politics, and on talk radio especially?
I spoke with Tyler Cox who was a friend and program director with Rush Limbaugh at KFBK radio. He told me about the time he attended the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) radio show with Rush, and how countless radio station owners and program directors would constantly approach Rush and say thank you for saving my radio station.