Roland Martin
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Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton DEMANDS fed govt track Black-owned, minority media ad spending
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12:12Now PlayingBlack-owned media is often overlooked by white-run ad agencies and gets the short end of the stick when it comes to federal advertising contracts.
A Government Accountability Office study found that over five years, the federal government spent more than $5 billion on advertising. Still, Black-owned businesses received only $51 million, or 1.02 percent of those funds.
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton of D.C. is sponsoring a bill requiring federal agencies to include in their annual budget justifications the amount they spent on advertising contracts with small, disadvantaged businesses and businesses owned by women and minorities.
Del. Holmes-Norton joins me in discussing the Federal Government Advertising Equity Accountability Act.Join this channel to get access to perks:
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