Jimmy Patronis bill targeting NewsGuard on the rocks
When the House passed HB 939 on Monday, Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis touted the move, lauding the chamber for passing one of his priorities, to crack down on local governments using NewsGuard to evaluate news outlets.
“The House delivered a major victory for consumers today,” Patronis said in a released statement. “I don’t think government should be paying media-rating companies to blacklist certain outlets.”
But two days later that provision and the underlying bill are in trouble, and could fall victim to haggling between the House and Senate in the final days of the Regular Session.
The Senate on Tuesday removed the portion of the bill that banned cities and counties from contrac...
