A Florida state senator has proposed a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state if they cover Floridian elected officials. See potential bias and similarities in coverage from NBCNews, thehill, and FoxNews:
A Florida state senator has proposed a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state if they cover Floridian elected officials., titled “Information Dissemination”, that would require bloggers who receive compensation to write about government officials in Florida to register with the state.
Government officials covered under the bill include “the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, a Cabinet officer, or any member of the Legislature.”The bill defines a blog as “a website or webpage that hosts any blogger and is frequently updated with opinion, commentary, or business content,” but says the “term does not include the website of a newspaper or other similar publication.”
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