Trump FCC investigates The View, reportedly says “fake news” will be punished
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This is a fundamentally mistaken take. Trump doesn't want the Fairness Doctrine revived, he wants to eliminate all viewpoints except his own.
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A possible outcome; we never hear from trump again because he's mostly about untruths, which amount to 'fake' news!
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This could be easily solved.
Give equal airtime- bring on one of the flat earth, the Jewish space-laser, the lizards-people-controlling us all, all those folks.
These are all certified MAGAS, after all. Endorsed by senior leaders in what used to be the Republican party.
Give equal airtime- bring on one of the flat earth, the Jewish space-laser, the lizards-people-controlling us all, all those folks.
These are all certified MAGAS, after all. Endorsed by senior leaders in what used to be the Republican party.
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You do realise that what you call extreme left is considered centre right in pretty much every other country?
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At the rate grocery prices are increasing, y'all will get to the forced famine part of the "revolution" in no time
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Gotta love that the most outrageously one-sided channel, Fox, is exempted from all these shenanigans.
Power, Money shaping laws. Who would have known?
Power, Money shaping laws. Who would have known?
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The problem isn't whether Fox News would be subject to it but rather who gets to determine what counts as 'fake news' and who's supposed to be enforcing such findings. In both cases, it's the inmates running the asylum, wolves guarding the sheep, foxes in the hen house, etc -- you know, Republicans. They'd never rule against their own disinformation mouthpieces, let alone take any actions against them.
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Keeping in mind a short 4 years after that, most of the world was plunged into a global war that killed tens of millions.
But today, we have the technology to speed-run that, and improve the kill count by at least two orders of magnitude!
Progress!
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There's no such thing as an "extreme left" in your shithole country.
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The guardian and every single continental European news media
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If I was “The View”, I would have these R candidates on then bombard them with endless variations of “Why do you suck?”
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It's beyond fucking time someone took a blowtorch to their feet... if it takes The View to do it - not ideal, but so be it.
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It really sucks that some of the funny wordplay jokes to come out of this administration could too-easily end in a visit from fedcops and your name on a list.
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What these fools consistently forget is that what goes around, comes around. When it's a Democrat led FCC investigating Fox News they're going to howl like the crazy hypocrites they are.
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What are they forgetting? The Democrats haven't put up a meaningful fight since Obama, and even that was pretty weak.
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Why not go one step further? Take FOX "News" as an example. Have ABC, CNN, etc. declare themselves as "entertainment", too, and Carr and FCC begone.
OK, it would be a stupid hack of a stupid system - but it feels quite adequate...
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It will be hilarious if he tries anything. The incompetence is becoming chronic. Announcements like this are strong evidence for the court that any action is politically motivated and intended to suppress protected speech.
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Its inefficient to have all of these news sources to begin with. Shouldnt we just be following whatever the ministry of truth tells us?
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That’s not how any of this is supposed to work. The FCC’s old fairness doctrine applied to broadcast spectrum scarcity where only a few stations in an area controlled broadcast content. That’s not an issue now. Heck, my kids don’t even know what OTA television is. The youngest teen barely knows how to get “cable” channel content and really doesn’t watch it.
Opinionated talk show hosts criticizing a politician is literally the First Amendment doing its thing. And if this somehow stumbled its way to the Supreme Court of the United States, I’d love to watch the originalists try to square it. Are we really going to pretend the Framers, huddled around a couple of 1780s printing presses, envisioned a future where a politician could demand rebuttal time on a daily talk show because his feelings were hurt? Spectrum scarcity was a 20th-century regulatory compromise, not a Founding-era sacred principle.
The whole idea flips the First Amendment on its head. It protects speakers from the government, not politicians from criticism. “Equal time” for talk shows would basically mean government refereeing opinions and assuming there are two rational sides like: “Today we discuss the merits of spousal abuse…” That’s not constitutional conservatism. It’s just thin (orange) skin.
Opinionated talk show hosts criticizing a politician is literally the First Amendment doing its thing. And if this somehow stumbled its way to the Supreme Court of the United States, I’d love to watch the originalists try to square it. Are we really going to pretend the Framers, huddled around a couple of 1780s printing presses, envisioned a future where a politician could demand rebuttal time on a daily talk show because his feelings were hurt? Spectrum scarcity was a 20th-century regulatory compromise, not a Founding-era sacred principle.
The whole idea flips the First Amendment on its head. It protects speakers from the government, not politicians from criticism. “Equal time” for talk shows would basically mean government refereeing opinions and assuming there are two rational sides like: “Today we discuss the merits of spousal abuse…” That’s not constitutional conservatism. It’s just thin (orange) skin.
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Memberberry when after the Trump first inaguration the dancing with the stars guy that was his press secretary said the Inauguration crowd was the biggest in history and we saw pictures it wasn't and then theres the "alternate facts" quote.
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Stop treating these shitballs seriously. They revel in their hypocrisy and cackle at the thought that their opponents value consistency and rules.
The only thing to do is mock them. But since media is just 6 billionaires in a trench coat, no one will give them the disrespect they deserve.
The only thing to do is mock them. But since media is just 6 billionaires in a trench coat, no one will give them the disrespect they deserve.
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eviscerating their candidates live and on the air sounds like a win win....why not give them what they want?
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There is no such thing as “socially liberal, fiscally conservative”. If you’re unwilling to fund something, you don’t believe in it. People who say they are “socially liberal, fiscally conservative” are too timid to come out and just say they are conservative
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Agreed. Of course the political winds may well shift towards democracy and liberty someday which makes you wonder how loudly the
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Women expressing their opinions and Trump can’t handle it. He just loses his mind when a woman speaks to/about him with reverence.
What a pig.
What a pig.
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The View and the details of this particular assault are irrelevant. What matters is that the American President and his crytpo-fascist Party of psychopath sycophants are mounting yet another offensive in their war against transparency. As a devoted anti-theist, am I still allowed to say "For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved?"
Speaking of toxic mold and other affectations, The Washington Post continues to opine that "democracy dies in darkness" (despite allowing its predator/parasite owner to censor its election coverage). Perhaps it's time Americans looked up from their big screens and recognize what grows in darkness. Tangerine Palpatine is as irrelevant as an individual as he is representative of an entire system of disease and rot. The U.S. has put an arsonist in charge of its house and watches and does nothing while its rulers moisturize their delicate under eye area with the tears of child burn victims.
So much wealth. So much power. So much self regard. So little integrity.
Speaking of toxic mold and other affectations, The Washington Post continues to opine that "democracy dies in darkness" (despite allowing its predator/parasite owner to censor its election coverage). Perhaps it's time Americans looked up from their big screens and recognize what grows in darkness. Tangerine Palpatine is as irrelevant as an individual as he is representative of an entire system of disease and rot. The U.S. has put an arsonist in charge of its house and watches and does nothing while its rulers moisturize their delicate under eye area with the tears of child burn victims.
So much wealth. So much power. So much self regard. So little integrity.
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If Dear Leader says it's fake news, then by the Dear Leader it's FAKE NEWS!!!!
Now off to Alligator Auschwitz with you, unbeliever!
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