The bill has bipartisan support with the stated goal of improving the quality of journalism, which is a cornerstone of functional democracy. Public trust in th

The bill has bipartisan support with the stated goal of improving the quality of journalism, which is a cornerstone of functional democracy. Public trust in the media is paramount, which is undermined when media organisations can only compete by tailoring their articles to fit into an explicitly commercialised search system. Google is great for selling products. They’ve built their entire business around selling products. But is news a product, or a service?