Carr makes evidence-free claim of "hoaxes and news distortions." Trump is thrilled.
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Trump and his FCC chair demand more positive news coverage of Iran war
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I'll be so happy when we never have to hear from any of them again. Can't even go 24 hours without some buffoonery.
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It is. For a very specific definition of "free speech." The only one that ever mattered to the complainers.
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Isn't the WSJ owned by the Murdoch family? Is Fox News too liberal and woke for the administration now?
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Gosh I sure do love all this free speech we're enjoying under Herr Goebbels Carr.
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Where are they gonna go? Even if we miraculously still have a democracy in 2028, theres still the 80 million people who voted for this three times. I don’t see any prominent conservatives who are not fully sociopathic authoritarians capable of wooing support from this coalition of nihilistic racists.
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"I'm positive you're a bunch of complete fuck-ups"
Hey Brendan, is that positive enough coverage for you?
Hey Brendan, is that positive enough coverage for you?
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For authoritarian leaders and their supporters there is free speech. For the rest, they have no rights, only privileges which authoritarians want to take away.
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It's the old Soviet joke about there being no News in Truth and no Truth in News, translated for an American audience.
Pravda translates as "Truth" and Isvestia translates as "News"; Pravda and Isvestia were the two big state-run newspapers in the USSR
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Let's break this down:
If we ever overthrow these fucking Nazis, we show them JUST AS MUCH MERCY AND DUE PROCESS as they showed us. Everyone else gets the stuff we should have had all along, except these fuckwits.
Prison for life without parole or firing squad. I don't care which.
Well, they're already favoring the malignant for m of Christianity, so the first one is done
Almost there, especially with anything that doesn't have the zombie as part of it.
That's been shot to shit repeatedly already by this administration
Oh, gee I guess they fucking overlooked this one now.
Peaceful protests being violently put down? So check this one off of our civil rights.
What the fuck is the point if they don't listen, let alone act.
If we ever overthrow these fucking Nazis, we show them JUST AS MUCH MERCY AND DUE PROCESS as they showed us. Everyone else gets the stuff we should have had all along, except these fuckwits.
Prison for life without parole or firing squad. I don't care which.
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The Trump administration knows this act is not legal. They know it's not going to win in the courts. But they also know that they can tie it up in the courts long enough -- and expensively enough-- that many media operations are going to quietly bend the knee regardless, just to keep from getting roped into the mess. These companies won't make a big fuss about it; they'll just instruct their writers to nuance the articles enough so that it won't appear too critical. "Bombing a school" will become "a near-miss of a military target", for instance.
And who knows; maybe some Trump-appointed stooge actually will give the administration the win. (The executive supremacy clause does indicate that nothing should get in the way of the president wielding his authority; surely that applies to the Constitution and its pesky amendments too? ;-)
But the main goal is, as always, fear. Be afraid that something --anything-- you do might attract the notice of the administration and you'll face the full force of their wrath. Better to bow down before the throne beforehand or --better-- do nothing until instructed by your betters. That's the message the Trump administration is sending.
And who knows; maybe some Trump-appointed stooge actually will give the administration the win. (The executive supremacy clause does indicate that nothing should get in the way of the president wielding his authority; surely that applies to the Constitution and its pesky amendments too? ;-)
But the main goal is, as always, fear. Be afraid that something --anything-- you do might attract the notice of the administration and you'll face the full force of their wrath. Better to bow down before the throne beforehand or --better-- do nothing until instructed by your betters. That's the message the Trump administration is sending.
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ubercurmudgeon
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In a civilized society, that statement would prick up the ears of the regulator who has to approve the merger. But in the US as it is today, it's more likely another of Trump's pals will loan Ellison the ideal anchor for a relaunched, MAGAified CNN:
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If they want more positivity they shouldn't have started a war based on dementia donnie's whims. I just finished reading a very concerning piece here on substack
There is absolutely NOTHING positive to report.
There is absolutely NOTHING positive to report.
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This reminds me of the South Park episode where Moses demands more macaroni pictures.
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It is! Free speech begins and ends with the ability to say the n-word and fire queer people, right?
Anyway, it's nice to see the media sanity translator keeping up while Trump literally calls to execute journalists.
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I remember when JD Vance came to Europe to claim that our supposed lack of free speech was a civilisational issue that would eradicate us.
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As a consumer of news coverage, I demand accurate news from my news sources. Apparently the administration demands accurate news coverage only when its positive for the administration.
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MilanKraft
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Well played, sir.
I'm reminded of a classic scene from Good Morning Viet Nam, where one could easily substitute toady Carr in for the toady Lieutenant Steve, getting eviscerated by the guys in the field (via letters to the station) after a shitty attempt at radio commentary and humor.
"Here's another one, sir.... 'Hey
I feel this would be a fitting response from veteran network reporters to Carr. Would give me so much hope for humanity if one of them actually had the balls to do it, and his / her boss the balls to defend them on free speech grounds. Then, when Carr pulls the FCC profanity card, boss immediately fines reporter $500 and suspends them for a week... allowing them right back on the air the following week, citing "modest fines" as the "new corporate standard" for issuing punishments.
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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr earned his job by kissing Trump’s ass. El Cheeto has screwed things up so badly with his “little” war in Iran, that even he figures that he has screwed up. I can only hope that we have an election in November and that voters do the right thing and vote out all of his enablers or enough of them to reign in this outlaw government.
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Here’s an idea, what if the networks would hire Baghdad Bob to report positively about glorious leader and the progress of the war?
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If these guys were remotely competent at anything they would be genuinely scary.
Instead they constantly bungle and fuck up everything they attempt. The Iran war is making that visible for all to see.
Instead they constantly bungle and fuck up everything they attempt. The Iran war is making that visible for all to see.
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Many decades later I still remember where it was when I read in "1984" the scene where the "Ministry of Truth" used the rats eating one's face as a threat. Jeeeezuz... hard to imagine it now that I thought at the time how SciFi this was (still loved the book).
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