Saturday, August 10, 2013

Government Media Complex Enjoys a Scam of it's Own: Taxpayers Are Forced to Subsidize Ohio’s “Legitimate” Press

08/10/13


Self-selecting liberal press corps gets special perks

Ohio’s Statehouse press corps, technically known as the Ohio Legislative Correspondents Association (OLCA), receives privileges denied to the citizens forced to foot the bill. The State charges OLCA no rent for the press room at the Ohio Statehouse, and OLCA decides who can access the House and Senate floors.

As OLCA explains on its website, the quasi-governmental body “functions independently to ensure only legitimate reporters are granted floor privileges in the House of Representatives and Senate.”

Not only do “legitimate” reporters have special access in the Ohio Statehouse, they are served by a Senate press clerk paid $42,037 in taxpayer money each year.



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