West Virginia Bill Would Forbid Use Of Media Bias Monitors By State
The West Virginia Senate has passed a bill that would prevent state agencies from using media reliability and bias monitors or advertising firms that use them. SB 531 is similar in intent to efforts in Florida and by the Federal Trade Commission under President Donald Trump related to NewsGuard, an organization that provides ratings of news organizations and media outlets based on a “trust score.”
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