Lawmakers Want to Sneak Cronyist 'Journalism Competition and Preservation Act' Into Defense Bill

The worst ideas in Congress never die; they just get sneaked into unrelated bills. This week, that means lawmakers are reportedly trying to burrow a bad media protectionism bill into defense spending authorization.

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