Re:The IRS has granted nonprofit status to a daily newspaper
by jacquesm on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @07:50AM
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I'm sure there will be some that will use any article on the opinion page that criticizes the government to use this to fight the non-profit status. After all, if there is one thing that stands out in the political landscape at the moment it is that the government is at war with those segments of the media that are critical of it.
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Re:The IRS has granted nonprofit status to a daily newspaper
by jeffdavis on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @11:10AM
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It's quite possible that there will be a court challenge to the non-political requirement. The recent case[1] about union dues for public-sector employees made clear that SCOTUS doesn't want to be in the business of deciding what is political speech versus some non-political opinion.
[1] https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-1466_2b3j.pdf
Re:The IRS has granted nonprofit status to a daily newspaper
by cartoonworld on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @09:17AM
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This looks to be the case, but consider the source of the vitriol hurled down. The par for the course, mcluhan-esque media manipulation is one thing, but this latest round we're referring to comes from a different source with much different motivations.
My guess is this slides under the radar, catching a tweet at best. Could give this outfit a few years to spin up, and by then, who's to say?