Should media organizations even accept partnership or assistance from the federal government? Does this impact their editorial credibility?
This is a very legitimate question, and one that every news organization must consider individually. It is certainly a respectable journalistic view to decide “no.” Senator Landrieu wholeheartedly believes that editorial independence most be preserved. Indeed, after the hurricanes, the local media were often at their best when exposing the failures of government. That’s one reason the bill gets the federal government out of the business of controlling local media access. It is also why Senator Landrieu has cosponsored both a journalists’ shield law and the OPEN Government Act, a bill to streamline the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to make it easier for journalists to get information from the federal government. Nothing in the First Response Broadcasters Act grants the federal government any editorial control over content whatsoever. These journalistic sensitivities do, however, reinforce why the bill at this time only includes broadcasters. This is not a new partnership. The bill s
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