Disney, ABC Sue FCC Over Threats to Broadcast Licenses (reuters.com) 136
Disney and ABC are suing the FCC to block an early review of eight station licenses, arguing the Trump administration is using the agency's regulatory power to punish the network over programming and editorial decisions it dislikes. Reuters reports: In a lawsuit (PDF) filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, Disney said the FCC was seeking to coerce and retaliate against "a network that refuses to bow to the administration's demands," calling the agency's actions an "extraordinary assault on free speech."
Trump has waged an aggressive series of attacks on the news media and the latest move follows a two-year-long battle between Trump and Disney. Last month, Trump again called for ABC stations to lose their licenses because the network refused to air a prime-time speech on elections. The court case will pose a key test of the free speech rights of media outlets. Disney and ABC asked the court (PDF) to quickly issue a temporary restraining order halting the license renewal proceedings and preventing the FCC from scheduling a hearing. The company said the public comment period ended earlier this month and the FCC could act at any time.
The lawsuit alleges that the administration is violating the company's First Amendment free speech rights, saying that the FCC "is using its regulatory power to retaliate against (Disney and ABC) for programming and editorial decisions the administration dislikes." The FCC said the move stemmed from a year-long investigation into whether Disney's diversity policies amounted to unlawful discrimination, an allegation the company denies. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan issued an order on Tuesday directing the company and the FCC to propose a schedule for considering the request for a temporary restraining order and told the agency to notify her if it moves to start the process of revoking the ABC licenses.
Trump has waged an aggressive series of attacks on the news media and the latest move follows a two-year-long battle between Trump and Disney. Last month, Trump again called for ABC stations to lose their licenses because the network refused to air a prime-time speech on elections. The court case will pose a key test of the free speech rights of media outlets. Disney and ABC asked the court (PDF) to quickly issue a temporary restraining order halting the license renewal proceedings and preventing the FCC from scheduling a hearing. The company said the public comment period ended earlier this month and the FCC could act at any time.
The lawsuit alleges that the administration is violating the company's First Amendment free speech rights, saying that the FCC "is using its regulatory power to retaliate against (Disney and ABC) for programming and editorial decisions the administration dislikes." The FCC said the move stemmed from a year-long investigation into whether Disney's diversity policies amounted to unlawful discrimination, an allegation the company denies. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan issued an order on Tuesday directing the company and the FCC to propose a schedule for considering the request for a temporary restraining order and told the agency to notify her if it moves to start the process of revoking the ABC licenses.
ABC should sue for $15 million + 1 dollar (Score:2, Funny)
Thus getting back the money Trump extorted for his librabry.
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I'm really not following this. What is your argument against the extortion claim?
Re:ABC should sue for $15 million + 1 dollar (Score:4, Insightful)
Their real argument (Score:1, Troll)
Their argument is "because Democrats".
No, their argument is "because Democrat bias".
I don't want my tax money going to politicized institutions, period. I don't want my tax money supporting one side *or* the other, government support should be politically neutral.
The airwaves are a public resource, the government is supposed to manage that resource for the public good.
"One sided" is not the public good. About half the country is conservative, there used to be rules about political bias, it was abolished in 1987, and this has led to the sorry st
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The airwaves are a public resource, the government is supposed to manage that resource for the public good.
Good thing you put that "supposed to" in there, because once they sold a big chunk of the spectrum to wireless phone companies, the facade that spectrum management is anything but crony capitalism, completely fell off.
Re:Their real argument (Score:5, Informative)
None of that has anything to do with this extortion by Trump:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
But if 'one-sided' is bad, why is this ok?
"Talk radio isn't a target of FCC's 'equal time' notice, Brendan Carr says"
https://www.politico.com/news/... [politico.com]
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Your kink actual shows it is. The lawsuit is BS, like most Trumps lawsuits. He is trying extort them is get their companies to kiss his ass and not say anything against them. The is SOP for Trump, going back to the 90s.
This is actual censorship by the governemnt.
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Jesus Fucking Christ. It's 2026, Trump has been putting his boot on the necks of major networks and studios for a year and a half now. I realize you probably fell into a coma in 2016, but ten years later, the free press, regardless of what you think of it, or fair you imagine it is, is under direct assault. Fuck off with the "MSM" bullshit and grow the fuck up.
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MSM is unending, incessant propaganda. Rage bait intended to persuade rather than inform.
Who do you consider "main stream media" these days? Because by far the most popular cable news channel is Fox.
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keep your biased MSM channel. Ill look at actual independent news sources.
They arent hard to find, if you read/listen to the story instead of depend on the headline.
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Conservatives, finally the cry bully, snowflake victims they always wanted to be deep down. They have controlled the media for decades, Roger Ailes literally created the unending, incessant propaganda formula and part of it is acting like liberal are at the helm of everything still. It's all just a game after all.
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Conservatives, finally the cry bully, snowflake victims they always wanted to be deep down. They have controlled the media for decades, Roger Ailes literally created the unending, incessant propaganda formula and part of it is acting like liberal are at the helm of everything still. It's all just a game after all.
Conservatives are just expanding on their incessant oppression complex over their Christianity. The majority religion of the country, yet any time someone dares to exist that isn't constantly thumping on their bible these folks lose their mind whining about how oppressed they are. Now that Conservatives control the media, the government, most major broadcasters, and the entire media narrative, any truth being spoken that doesn't praise their new messiah is proof that liberals are still oppressing them. Gott
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Good thing he didnt say to death.
Were cops assaulted on Jan 6th? Were the rioters there at the behest of the President? Why were they there?
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If they were sent a fine then the government knows their identity and address so how are they illegal?
Checkmate libtard
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That's not an answer, I got you on the ropes now you soy boy lefty!!111
Re: Their real argument (Score:2)
I don't want my tax money going to politicized institutions, period. I don't want my tax money supporting one side *or* the other, government support should be politically neutral.
What in the fuck does that have to do with spectrum usage, and your taxes don't deliver spectrum to the overtly conservative radio or tv station by the government truckload you nitwit, that is not how taxes or broadcasting works.
There's an old expression. You can wish in one hand for Sinclair Broadcast Group to be stopped, or the weird old fucks running AM talk shows, or you can shit in the other, why are you holding a piece of shit. Walk me through what you think the government is going to do with Sinclair
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I don't want my tax money going to politicized institutions, period. I don't want my tax money supporting one side *or* the other, government support should be politically neutral.
The answer to that is emigrate to a country with a dictatorship or king, or suicide. No really, America (and most western nations) have for all of its documented history had tax dollars and expenditure determined by the bias of political party of power. That's literally what politics is, management of funds.
Claiming you don't want it politicised is a cry for help, the kind of help that Democrats funding schools may be able resolve (for the next generation, you are clearly already a lost cause).
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First, you flunked elementary school English. If you hadn't, you would have written "DemoCRATS".
Second of all, you don't want your tax money going to politicized instittutions? You mean like 47 trying to not send money for disasters, etc, to states that voted against him? You mean like a POLITICIZED DOJ, that's going after HIS perceived enemies? Like attacking Fauci, while brain-worm eaten, drug user is head of HHS? Shall I fucking go on?
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The airwaves are a public resource, the government is supposed to manage that resource for the public good.
By completely cutting funding for public broadcasting, because their news coverage was too liberal?
MSM is unending, incessant propaganda. Rage bait intended to persuade rather than inform.
The show that got Trump all in a huff was the Kimmel show - it's a comedy and entertainment show, not news.
And, by the way, as the news channel with the highest ratings - Fox News - IS the MSM. So yes, I agree, it is political rage bait.
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Re: ABC should sue for $15 million + 1 dollar (Score:2)
"Don't forget, CALPERS and NEA are major donors to the Democrats."
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Re: ABC should sue for $15 million + 1 dollar (Score:2)
Yes, what Trump is doing to broadcasters, the media, higher education, law firms, and a very long list of others is extortion.
Once you pay the Dane-geld (Score:5, Insightful)
Re: Once you pay the Dane-geld (Score:2)
It's also another wakeup call for Disney which has given a lot of money to a lot of conservative campaigns in the past, though to be fair they seem to have already figured that out as in 2024 about 80% of their campaign donations were to Democrats.
Re: Once you pay the Dane-geld (Score:4, Informative)
Opensecrets [opensecrets.org] has Republicans getting a slight edge from Disney's PAC donations. Granted, the total amount given even to both parties combined is laughably low by modern political donation standards. The bulk of political donations from "Disney" come from individual personal donations from wealthy folks who call Disney their employer.
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'Lot of money'. Not really. Historical what they do give is pretty divided, depending on the actual issues.
What makes you think they capitulated? (Score:5, Interesting)
They are a little nervous that the mad King might try to do something stupid and pointless but make no mistake they weren't particularly put off paying a handful of bribes to Trump with the expectation of quid pro quo.
I guess what I'm saying is every single fucker involved in this is one of the Danes. None of them are on your side at least none of the people in their leadership. And there aren't a lot of journalists left they all got shit canned for trying to cover Trump honestly in 2024. Hell after Trump arranged for Stephen Colbert to be fired from his high rating show the rest of the late night talk show hosts have backed off noticeably so threats work.
I think the problem is people are having a hard time wrapping their heads around the fact that America is becoming a fascist Nation. It's that whole it can't happen here problem. Or would I like to call the Dick Cheney effect.
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So they're all owned by billionaires. Everything is or at least 90% of everything.
4% of wealth in America is owned by billionaires.
Re: What makes you think they capitulated? (Score:2)
5% is owned by 0.0003%
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Of course rsilvergun is lying again like he always does. But rsilvergun has got no choice! China has a secret police in every country and no Chinese citizen can refuse to do what they want. So, once a Chinese citizen, always a Chinese citizen. I am very serious, see link here:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/... [www.cbc.ca]
The only way to save him is to mod him down into oblivion so he can't fulfill his Chinese mission anymore and becomes a useless asset for China.
In the mean time, rsilvergun is playing psychological warf
Re:What makes you think they capitulated? (Score:4, Informative)
You sure are obsessed over this guy...you doing okay there pal? Shall we get you some professional help?
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Oh wow. Are you okay? That's a lot of text and a worrisome amount of effort put into trying to make one insignificant person look bad just because he offended you. Instead of resorting to ad hominem attacks, maybe you could debate his claims (which he does often back up with actual fact, by the way).
And he's not at all wrong. You really are in denial about what is happening. He does not joy in that, nor do I. In fact I am quite sad about how quickly things have come apart. How quickly the constitution
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Also math is hard. 1000 individuals have 8 trillion dollars in wealth. That's not money anymore it's power. The power to tell you what to do and you're going to do it or they're going to hurt you and your and your family.
You're a good example of the problem. You can't understand the difference between money and power.
It works like this. When you have more money and you can spend it's savings. You have more money than you can save its investment. Finally
Re:What makes you think they capitulated? (Score:4, Informative)
There were 906 billionaires in Sep 2025 according to Forbes, and they had $7.8tn of assets at that time.
That’s about the same as the 200,000,000 poorest American collectively owned.
The vast bulk of America’s remaining 150tn of wealth — about 100tn of it — is owned by the 15m or so that constitute the 90% up but who aren’t billionaires.
In other words: the majority of Americans own practically none of the wealth; many of the rest are still pretty damn poor; a big chunk of wealth is owned by the rich and very rich; and then there’s a tiny number of billionaires who own an extraordinary amount given their numbers.
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We've known for centuries that appeasement doesn't work.
That's too strong. Appeasement does work sometimes... when it works we usually call it "compromise" or something similar, though. There's a book "Appeasement in International Politics" that examines a large number of cases where it worked and where it didn't. The author lays out a number of criteria that influence whether it works.:
1. When the opponents aims are limited and grievance-based.
2. When the concession addresses the grievance
3. When the conceding party is strong, so the concession is a cho
Projection (Score:5, Insightful)
The same people who call everyone else snowflakes and like to shout fuck your feelings actually have the most fragile feelings of all.
The Legal Mouse... (Score:2)
has a very good rep for sticking around for the long haul. This could easily go on long after 2028.
Trump is about to learn (Score:2)
Trump is about to learn: You don't fuck with Mickey Mouse.
Disney takes no prisoners once it gets into a legal battle.
Re: Trump is about to learn (Score:2)
Re: Trump is about to learn (Score:4, Insightful)
Didn't go so well for Disney in FL (Score:1)
Disney got their ass handed to them in Florida. The governor now directly appoints the district supervisors, and they even lost the name of their district. It used to be the case that Disney could throw their weight around and get a favorable legal outcome, but lately the Republicans that have it in for them have been calling Disney's bluff.
Re:Didn't go so well for Disney in FL (Score:4, Informative)
It is an exaggeration [archive.ph] to say "Disney got their ass handed to them." Disney settled that lawsuit and opinion was mixed as to who won. Even a lot of republicans thought DeSantis was being stupid [politico.com].
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Disney is in a much weaker position since losing control of their district. The settlement reached merely involved the governor replacing some of the district's leaders - a deal that very much could be altered for the worse, should Disney step out of line in the future. The most telling example of how Disney has been operating under this new framework, is how they've more-or-less eliminated their DEI initiatives.
Re: Didn't go so well for Disney in FL (Score:2)
You're mixing some timelines. The Desantis spat was over Disney supporting their LGBTQ workforce over the book ban stuff and rhetoric during his presidential bid. Desantis didn't make it, wah wahhhh. Disney still supports people who are really into princesses and pirates and dress up, so...
They literally just renamed DEI, to something like belonging, inclusion and talent. As was predicted, because nobody could define what DEI was or why they hated it.
https://www.businessinsider.co... [businessinsider.com]
But the avoiding of wron
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Disney's removal of DEI wasn't just swapping some words around on their corporate websites. It came with some real policy changes, but I wouldn't expect a content mill to actually do the proper sort of investigative journalism necessary to find that out.
I live in Florida and watched this all unfold firsthand, and I've also attended Gay Days at Magic Kingdom this year. The vibe in the park absolutely was not the same. Disney lost their legal battle in Florida and absolutely is toeing the line to avoid dra
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Pointing out that Disney lost their battle != celebrating their loss
Of course, if you understood that distinction, you wouldn't have ticked that "Post Anonymously" box.
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He's incapably of learning. I don't thing he has learned anything since 1980.
Say "communism" not "paternalism" (Score:2)
Undo (Score:2)
Mod error
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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Ah, this is the Executive limiting speech, not Congress so I'm sure your Supreme Court will rule it is Constitutional.
Come to think of it, Congress has passed numerous laws abridging speech, from truth in advertising laws to national security laws.
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standard maga view - whatever trump's view of the day is
Funny, I learned that from the radicals of the 1960s and 70s, from their writings and speeches. So if you mean maga is quoting them accurately I suppose so.
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No, you did not. Yor just making things up becasue you are likely functionally illiterate, can'[t hold complex thought or idea, and have no clue how to admit you are wrong. I pity you, Because your are embarrassingly wrong.
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No, you did not. Yor just making things up
That’s some major denial of inconvenient truths you have there.
becasue you are likely functionally illiterate, can'[t hold complex thought or idea, and have no clue how to admit you are wrong. I pity you, Because your are embarrassingly wrong.
LOL. And yet history agrees with me. Might want to apply your “insights” to yourself.
Folks from Russia, Ukraine, Cuba, Venezuela, etc (Score:1)
standard maga view - whatever trump's view of the day is
Folks from Russia, Ukraine, Cuba, Venezuela, etc beg to differ.
Re:socialist left view (Score:5, Insightful)
You. Are. In. A. Cult.
Bought Che’s book not the t-shirt (Score:1)
You. Are. In. A. Cult.
Nope. I was the college kid who bought the Che book, not the Che t-shirt. I read what the radicals of the 1960s/70s wrote, what they said in speeches.
Re: Bought Che’s book not the t-shirt (Score:2)
Look at you, reading!
I watched CPAC and Turning Point events live. MAGA is unequivocally, a cult
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Look at you, reading!
I watched CPAC and Turning Point events live. MAGA is unequivocally, a cult
So, you went to a political rally and did not expect a few popular shared narratives. Also, just to inform you, a cult is not defined by their narrative not being one you like.
Re:Bought Che’s book not the t-shirt (Score:4, Informative)
OFFS lease stop lying. You wither didn't read it, or didn't understand it.
Some of us remember when he was alive, and read went o to study him.
If you actually know what you were talking about, you would understand the difference between Marxist communism and socialism.
Liars like you have become tiresome.
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OFFS lease stop lying. You wither didn't read it, or didn't understand it.
I understood it very well. He was quite clear in his beliefs.
Some of us remember when he was alive, and read went o to study him.
I studied the writing of Che, The Weatherman, etc in the early 80s while at college. I even had the opportunity to listen to well known radicals who came to speak at my university.
If you actually know what you were talking about, you would understand the difference between Marxist communism and socialism.
While socialism can cover a range of implementations, the DSA are literally quoting Marx and describing how the seek to end the US Government..
Liars like you have become tiresome.
Things contrary to your ideology are not lies.
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You. Are. In. A. Cult.
Folks from Russia, Ukraine, Cuba, Venezuela, etc have a different view.
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Are they talking to you right now?
No, the people talking to me right now are the ones that end their investigation at an organization having a nice sounding name. Who do not read history.
Re: socialist left view (Score:2)
Then don't ban books, silly.
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Re: socialist left view (Score:2)
Yeeeeaahh, I'm fairly certain they know you're in a cult too, it's not exactly a secret.
Readers of history (Score:2)
Yeeeeaahh, I'm fairly certain they know you're in a cult too, it's not exactly a secret.
Well, if you consider “readers of history” to be a cult.
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"The countries most negatively affected by MAGA's blind co-signing of Trump's policies definitely think Trump and his allies are nuanced, savvy individuals." Yeah, okay pal.
Now go talk to the people of those countries who are not under the influence of totalitarian socialists.
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This. Is. Not. Proper. English.
And no one cares. We live in a world where "I could care less" is used to mean "couldn't". Incorrect use of a full stop is such a mind-blowingly irrelevant thing to complain about in this butchered language that I honestly envy how good everything else in your life must be. Like I typically run all out of fucks to give for any given week by Monday lunchtime, oh to have the fucks to waste on this!
Re: socialist left view (Score:3)
socialist left view - if you don't agree with me, you're evil.
Ok, MAGA is socialist.
Re:socialist left view (Score:5, Interesting)
That's actually not true at all. Please tell me how many American FDR called evil? Literally one of the, if not the most socialist president whose social programs led to American become a technological and industrial power house.
American modern conservatives primary planks are to take rights away from marginalized group; which s fucking evil.
Get over yourself and read some books.
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I'm guessing all the Japanese he threw in camps. Oh shit, bet you forgot about that one.
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That's actually not true at all. Please tell me how many American FDR called evil? Literally one of the, if not the most socialist president whose social programs led to American become a technological and industrial power house.
FDR was not a socialist.
American modern conservatives primary planks are to take rights away from marginalized group; which s fucking evil.
Such as?
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socialist left view - if you don't agree with me, you're evil.
Well yes, but only on matters of socialism, you know the idea that people should be treated equitably, that healthcare and education should be available, that we shouldn't let people die in the streets homeless.
Let's flip the argument to the negative.
What do you call a person who thinks that human life should be assigned a value and cut off below a threshold? What do you call a person who thinks different people should be treated differently? What do you call a person who denies healthcare and education to
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socialist left view - if you don't agree with me, you're evil.
Well yes, but only on matters of socialism, you know the idea that people should be treated equitably, that healthcare and education should be available, that we shouldn't let people die in the streets homeless.
That’s a misrepresentation of socialism. Also, those goals exist in both traditional liberalism and conservatism. The difference is in what policies will get us to those goals.
Let's flip the argument to the negative.
Flipping one erroneous argument to a contrary erroneous argument does not prove anything.
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I have it under good authority from half of Americans that "The Left" is "socialism". Or maybe it was communism or one of those other words no one in politics has ever used correctly when name calling someone else.
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I have it under good authority from half of Americans that "The Left" is "socialism". Or maybe it was communism or one of those other words no one in politics has ever used correctly when name calling someone else.
No, you conflate pop culture discussions with historical discussions.
Re:Beneficial use of the EM spectrum (Score:5, Interesting)
Spewing non-stop lies over the airwaves is not that use.
Probably why they chose to *not* air Trump's speech. MSNOW often states this as a reason for not airing Trump speeches live and/or in their entirety -- too many lies, misrepresentations and bullshit from Trump and those in his administration.
Re:Beneficial use of the EM spectrum (Score:5, Interesting)
Anyways back on topic I agree w/ sibling AC, nothing Trump/MAGA idiots can say has merit as long as right wing AM talk radio is the most biased ridiculous thing to possibly exist soaking up the "public" air waves. And further, the main stream media IS NOT something of or from the left at all. It's maybe centrist and maybe right wing/corporate. But it's not left.
I realized I wasn't a Republican when I'd listen to right wing talk radio and just get fuming mad at the utter stupidity I'd hear during the Bush and early Obama years. I moved on and listened to NPR. They're dumb too and say stupid things, but I would get less angry at the radio. And there were less advertisements. I'm still not a Democrat yet, but man, Trump is sure pushing me closer. Where's the fiscal conservatives at? Where's the I-hate-Hunter-Biden anti corruption Republicans at? It's dire.
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Where's the fiscal conservatives at?
In denial, specifically about the velocity of money. Austerity doesn't work.
Re:Beneficial use of the EM spectrum (Score:5, Informative)
The broadcast networks have a First Amendment right to blather as they will subject to the usual rules against incitement to violence and slander.
Haha oh I can see where this is going
However they are using a public good (the spectrum) and as such they have to show a beneficial use. Spewing non-stop lies over the airwaves is not that use. They seem to have forgotten that. There is no right to the spectrum, they can all got back to print where the rules have always been looser (the Hearst newspapers being a traditional example.)
Can you name one of the "non-stop lies" Jimmy Kimmel (or even ABC for that matter) spewed?
It's just as well that I live in a broadcast dead zone as least as far as TV goes. It definitely cuts down on the amount of hysteria I have to filter.
So your tv has the Fox News logo burned in? Hell even Fox had to admit in court their programming is entertainment and you're not supposed to actually believe it. https://law.justia.com/cases/f... [justia.com]
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Jimmy claimed that Charlie Kirk's alleged shooter was a MAGA. When the bosses at Disney found out just how poorly that was going to be taken by the affiliates, they quickly pulled Jimmy off the air. Now Kimmel is a piece of shit, but no one would mistake him for a news broadcast. The View is were Disney tries to cake and eat it too with sometimes it's a news broadcast(not subject to in kind donation to campaigns), som
Re: Beneficial use of the EM spectrum (Score:2)
"However they are using a public good (the spectrum) and as such they have to show a beneficial use."
Hahahhahahahhahahhaha
Now do faux news
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Technically, Fox News is strictly cable, thus doesn't use FCC licensed spectrum as no radios are involved.
Fox Broadcasting has shitloads of licenses though, but then we start talking about corporate legal structures and stuff. They aren't the same company.
Re: Beneficial use of the EM spectrum (Score:2)
... technically that's Fox News Channel.
Fox News is the brand, on radio, tv, cable, internet, etc.
Re: Beneficial use of the EM spectrum (Score:2)
... technically that's Fox News Channel
Fox News is the brand of their news operation, on radio, tv, cable, and internet, etc.
Re: Beneficial use of the EM spectrum (Score:2)
But really the opinion crap on their channel, and their whole internet operation are the main things people actually complain about.
Fox News Radio dude almost seemed to go out of his way to embarrass Rush Limbaugh in the middle of his segments. Or it just worked out that way, Rush starts with the day's NYT or WaPo headlines, does his schtick, news guy comes on for up to the minute updates on the same events, since reality has a bias against weird conservative narratives it was just funny. Every day for week
Re: Beneficial use of the EM spectrum (Score:2)
It's just as well that I live in a broadcast dead zone as least as far as TV goes.
Who would have guessed.
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Spewing non-stop lies over the airwaves is not that use.
I don't know which side you're arguing for. The whole point here is that ABC and Disney didn't carry Trump's speech. You're therefore in support of the media right?
Re:BS Disney/ABC are establishment shills (Score:4, Insightful)
None of that is true. Grow up and learn how to understand and rate journalism. Start with Appling the spj code of ethics to media.
" Anyone who defends that is off the deep end self-deluding and in full on denial of reality. "
So you post a factual incorrect statement then call anyone with facts delusional. JFC, take some actual media course. Like, in a class room.
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Oh, you mean like Faux Noise laughing about Pelosi's husband being attacked with a hammer? Or about the ASSASSINATION of the Minnesota legislator, her husband, and her dog?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]