FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Americans overwhelmingly oppose moving live sports viewing to paid streaming platforms, according to a poll by the Internet Accountability Project released Tuesday.
The poll found that 93% of likely voters—across party, gender, and age demographics—said it’s important for live sporting events to be available on broadcast television so they can be interrupted for local emergency alerts, such as tornado warnings.
Another 84% said NFL games should remain on broadcast TV or be available on both free and paid viewing platforms.
“Big Tech and the NFL are quietly dismantling the free broadcast infrastructure that American families relied on for generations, and they’re doing it one exclusive streaming deal at a time,” said Mike Davis, founder and president of the Internet Accountability Project, a conservative advocacy group warning about the potential harms of Big Tech companies.
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“As FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said, working families should not have to choose between paying their bills and watching their favorite team play on a Sunday afternoon,” Davis added.
“When Big Tech monopolists control live sports, they control the focus of the nation, and that means they control whether your family gets a tornado warning in time to take cover.”
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