How consolidation could affect CBS, CNN, local journalism, public broadcasting, source protection, and the diversity of news available to the public.
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“The Corporation for Public Broadcasting should lose the federal money already approved for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.”
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“Federal officials should need a court order before phone, email, internet, or cloud companies turn over a journalist's account, device, or reporting records, and journalists should usually be warned and allowed to challenge the demand before disclosure.”
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“Journalist source protection should not stop federal officials from investigating a journalist or news organization suspected of committing a crime, or one that witnessed a crime unrelated to reporting, though separate limits may still protect reporting information.”
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“The local newspaper subscription credit, journalist payroll credit, and small business local media advertising credit should start after enactment and expire after five years unless Congress extends them.”
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“People should be able to claim a temporary federal tax credit for part of the cost of qualifying local newspaper subscriptions. Donors to qualifying nonprofit local news outlets should be able to choose that credit instead of a charitable deduction for the same payment.”
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“Publishers should be able to use the journalist wage credit through the payroll tax system. If the credit is larger than the publisher's Social Security payroll tax bill, the extra amount should be refundable or available in advance, with payroll providers documenting claims and penalty relief when publishers reasonably expect the credit.”
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“People who regularly gather, write, edit, record, photograph, report, or publish news for the public should get journalist source protection, including for confidential sources, reporting materials, and related records held by phone, email, internet, or cloud companies.”
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“Federal officials generally should not be able to force journalists to reveal confidential sources, notes, communications, records, or other reporting information unless a judge finds a terrorism-related need or an urgent threat of serious harm.”
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“Eligible local newspaper publishers should be able to reduce their Social Security payroll taxes for wages paid to local news journalists. The credit should count only wages up to a quarterly cap for journalists who do enough local news work, and should not be available to government employers.”
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“Local news tax benefits should be limited to print or digital outlets that mainly publish original local news, serve a local or regional community, have at least one local journalist living there, stay under the employee limit, have a two-year local news record, and make publishing their main work if they are nonprofits.”
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“When a court allows federal officials to force disclosure of journalist information, the demand should be limited to the approved topic and time period and should avoid unnecessary reporting materials, side issues, or speculative information?”
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“Journalist source protection should not stop federal officials from investigating a journalist or news organization suspected of being a foreign-power agent or officially designated for terrorism-related activity.”
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“The federal government should provide stable funding for public broadcasting services, or Congress should reduce that support.”
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“Small businesses with fewer than 50 full-time employees, counting related businesses together, should be able to claim a temporary federal tax credit for part of the cost of advertising in qualifying local newspapers or on FCC-licensed local radio or TV broadcasts.”
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“Federal general fund money should be transferred into the Social Security trust funds to replace payroll tax revenue lost when publishers claim the journalist wage credit.”
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“Civil defamation, slander, and libel cases under state law should keep using state-law rules and defenses, even when those claims are heard in federal court.”
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