The unexpected ways Florida's anti-blogger proposal actually benefit liberal media
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A proposed media law in Florida is designed to go after bloggers.
Dan Gainor is a freelance opinion editor for Fox News Digital.
The bill was proposed by Republican state senator Jason Brodeur as a way of forcing what he calls "transparency" on political lobbyists. He wants to stop politicians from hiring bloggers to write a story and then have the campaigns turn around and quote that article. That sounds like he has an ax to grind that would make Paul Bunyan envious.
Overnight, the bill has gone viral as a how-not-to for state government. Numerous outlets tied it to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and used his name, image or both to attack him – with the ammo Brodeur handed them. Mother Jones compared the bill to something done by the prime minister of Hungary, a man libs love to hate: "Is Florida’s Blogger Registration Bill Inspired by Viktor Orbán?" And the lefty group Free Press didn’t pull punches with its criticism: "Florida's Dangerous Anti-Blogger Bill Is Blatantly Unconstitutional."