{"id":1269186,"date":"2022-02-03T19:07:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T00:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1269186"},"modified":"2022-02-03T19:07:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T00:07:47","slug":"politico-attacks-breitbart-for-not-joining-media-cartel-bandwagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politico-attacks-breitbart-for-not-joining-media-cartel-bandwagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Politico Attacks Breitbart for Not Joining Media Cartel Bandwagon"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolitico-attacks-breitbart-for-not-joining-media-cartel-bandwagon%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1269186&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Politico,<i>&nbsp;<\/i>the liberal political magazine that covers D.C. politics but is owned by a German media conglomerate, Axel Springer, is trying to paint Breitbart News as \u201con the same side\u201d as Google and Facebook because it won\u2019t join the corporate media in supporting the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), a bill that would create a news media cartel.<\/p>\n<p>As Politico points out, aside from a few exceptions like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/about-us\/board-of-directors\/\">Glenn Greenwald and Clay Travis<\/a>, Breitbart News is virtually alone in the American news industry in opposing the legislation, which would allow companies like the&nbsp;<em>New York Times&nbsp;<\/em>and the&nbsp;<em>Washington Post&nbsp;<\/em>to team up in order to pressure tech companies for payouts and other forms of special treatment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19741994\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mathias-Dopfner-CEO-of-Axel-Springer-SE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19741994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mathias-Dopfner-CEO-of-Axel-Springer-SE.jpg\" alt=\"Mathias D\u00f6pfner, CEO of Axel Springer SE\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mathias D\u00f6pfner, CEO of Axel Springer SE(Pool\/Getty)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7130990\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jeff-Bezos-podium-Washington-Post-background-ap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7130990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jeff-Bezos-podium-Washington-Post-background-ap.jpg\" alt=\"FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2016, file photo, billionaire Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos talks about the history and character of the Post during a dedication ceremony for its new headquarters in Washington. Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told Fox News in an interview on May 12, 2016, that Bezos was using the Post to help Amazon avoid taxes. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite, File)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 In this Jan. 28, 2016, file photo, billionaire Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos talks about the history and character of the Post during a dedication ceremony for its new headquarters in Washington. Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told Fox News in an interview on May 12, 2016, that Bezos was using the Post to help Amazon avoid taxes. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Even conservative news organizations like Newsmax, Town Hall, and the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, hoping for similar benefits, are backing the bill, even though its goal is to protect the discredited corporate media from online competition.<\/p>\n<p>If the (JCPA) passes, big corporate media companies would be able to form a legal cartel that could strike deals with Facebook, Google, Twitter, and other tech giants that would prioritize their content to the detriment of podcasters, YouTubers, Substack authors, and other forms of independent media.<\/p>\n<p>A line in&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/bills\/117\/s673\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">the bill<\/a>&nbsp;allows members of the state-sanctioned cartel to exclude any company that is not \u201csimilarly situated\u201d to them from the benefits of their negotiations with the tech giants, giving the cartel wide leeway to exclude any news organization of their choice.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>It would also exclude any journalist who does not have \u201ca dedicated professional editorial staff\u201d that publishes news content on \u201cat least a weekly basis,\u201d blocking independent journalists who run small or one-man operations.<\/p>\n<p>Politico, along with the rest of the corporate media, supports the legislation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/about-us\/board-of-directors\/\">Dr. Dietrich Von Klaeden<\/a>, the senior vice president for public affairs at its parent company, German media giant Axel Springer SE, sits on the board of the News Media Alliance, a lobbying arm of the corporate media that has spent millions lobbying lawmakers on this bill.<\/p>\n<p>Based in Berlin, Dr. Von Klaeden and his foreign media conglomerate hopes to radically alter the legal framework that governs the news industry in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Breitbart News standing virtually alone among the news industry in opposing the bill, the Politico article notes Breitbart\u2019s singular influence on the hill:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In this case, one Republican congressional aide said GOP lawmakers are nervous about the backlash they could receive from Breitbart, an important player in the conservative media ecosystem, if they back the legislation on the news bill. This aide was not directly familiar with Breitbart\u2019s discussions with lawmakers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Politico also acknowledges that Republican lawmakers have flocked to Breitbart to condemn the legislation:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>But the bill has also attracted major GOP critics such as Florida Sen.&nbsp;Marco Rubio, Tennessee Sen.&nbsp;Marsha Blackburn, House Minority Leader&nbsp;Kevin McCarthy&nbsp;and House Judiciary ranking member&nbsp;Jim Jordan&nbsp;of Ohio, all of whom&nbsp;<a class=\"js-tealium-tracking\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/05\/25\/exclusive-rubio-opposes-media-cartel-bill-opens-the-door-to-greater-collusion-between-big-media-and-big-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking=\"mpos=&amp;mid=&amp;lindex=&amp;lcol=\" aria-label=\"have done (opens in a new window)\">have done<\/a>&nbsp;interviews&nbsp;<a class=\"js-tealium-tracking\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/05\/11\/exclusive-marsha-blackburn-opposes-establishment-media-cartel-plan-will-make-it-even-easier-for-big-tech-to-censor-conservative-voices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking=\"mpos=&amp;mid=&amp;lindex=&amp;lcol=\" aria-label=\"with Breitbart (opens in a new window)\">with Breitbart<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"js-tealium-tracking\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2022\/01\/29\/exclusive-jim-jordan-slams-senate-democrat-attempts-to-revive-media-cartel-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking=\"mpos=&amp;mid=&amp;lindex=&amp;lcol=\" aria-label=\"opposing the legislation (opens in a new window)\">opposing the legislation<\/a>. McCarthy told Breitbart that the bill poses \u201c<a class=\"js-tealium-tracking\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/04\/01\/exclusive-kevin-mccarthy-slams-establishment-media-pushed-journalism-act-antithesis-of-conservatism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking=\"mpos=&amp;mid=&amp;lindex=&amp;lcol=\" aria-label=\"a tremendous threat to free speech and a free press (opens in a new window)\">a tremendous threat to free speech and a free press<\/a>,\u201d alleging that it would harm start-up publications competing with established media companies.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At a Senate hearing on the bill yesterday, expert witnesses slammed the attempt to create a new corporate cartel in America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot think of anything the country needs less, now or ever, than a national news media cartel,\u201d said Dr. Daniel Francis, a Harvard law fellow and former FTC antitrust official.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCartels are the supreme evil of antitrust,\u201d continued Francis. \u201cThey are so reliably harmful that we extradite and imprison people who form them, they are automatically illegal in civil litigation with no justification allowed at law, and for decades, the justice department has had a flagship policy project of fighting cartels and opposing exemptions just like this one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Democrats pushing the bill, like lead sponsor Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2022\/02\/02\/fact-check-amy-klobuchar-claims-media-cartel-bill-will-help-local-news\/\">attempted to frame<\/a> the JCPA as a bailout for local news, Media Research Center vice president Dan Gainor pointed out that it would actually benefit national news outlets and media conglomerates \u2014 like the one that owns Politico.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <em>New York Times<\/em>&nbsp;just spent $550 million in cash&nbsp;purchasing The Athletic, which according to journalist Aron Pilhofer, covers 270 plus sports teams in more than 47 local&nbsp;markets,\u201d said Gainor. \u201cThe Times has placed itself in direct competition with every local news site for the same pool of subscribers.&nbsp;&nbsp;The <em>Times<\/em>&nbsp;already has more than 8 million paid subscribers\u2026&nbsp;So why are we helping them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Washington [DC] area used to have a thriving chain of community weeklies.&nbsp;The&nbsp;<em>Gazette<\/em>&nbsp;was founded in 1959 and grew to a 550,000 circulation in suburban Maryland. They were closed down by their owners,&nbsp;The <em>Washington Post,<\/em>&nbsp;in 2015. In 2021, the&nbsp;<em>Post<\/em>&nbsp;achieved record-breaking digital advertising. It\u2019s also owned by Big Tech&nbsp;billionaire Jeff Bezos. He purchased the company in 2013, two years before it killed the chain of weeklies. So why are&nbsp;we helping them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News.&nbsp;He is the author of&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/DELETED-Techs-Battle-Movement-Election\/dp\/154605930X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">#DELETED: Big Tech\u2019s Battle to Erase the Trump Movement and Steal The Election.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politico,\u00a0the liberal political magazine that covers D.C. politics but is owned by a German media conglomerate, Axel Springer, is trying to paint Breitbart News as \u201con the same side\u201d as &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1269186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1269186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1269186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1269186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1269186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}