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Shipwack

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8. Unconstitutional, but not super-worrisome?

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 05:42 PM

Yesterday

Only 17% of households get their TV only over the air, which the FCC regulates.

If they deny broadcast licenses to ABC, CBS, and NBC, they can still broadcast through cable TV and the internet, no?

Not that the 17% aren’t important, or a significantly large portion of Americans, of course.

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FCC Chair Threatens Media: Fall In Line With Trump, Or Lose Broadcasting Licenses [View all] littlemissmartypants Yesterday OP

Really, what's the difference? Marthe48 Yesterday #1

A strongly worded letter won't address this nazi shit. rubbersole Yesterday #2

2nd that orangecrush Yesterday #20

Wholly illegal and unconstitutional angrychair Yesterday #3

Sue the fucks purr-rat beauty Yesterday #4

Impeach the fucker - this would break the First Amendment muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #5

Federal court slap down in 3...2...1.... paleotn Yesterday #6

Soviet Pravda IronLionZion Yesterday #7

Doesn't "Pravda" translate to "Truth" (Social)? BurnDoubt Yesterday #9

We can always trust anything that puts the word "Truth" in it's name IronLionZion Yesterday #11

Unconstitutional, but not super-worrisome? Shipwack Yesterday #8

I worry... BurnDoubt Yesterday #12

Fair. nt Shipwack 20 hrs ago #28

Fuck you Obergruppenfhrer Carr you fascist prick. I bet you have a Free Speech My Ass Tattoo n/t Cheezoholic Yesterday #10

Do it Carr Mblaze Yesterday #13

Gotta control the media and thereby the messaging. Dicktator 101 Evolve Dammit Yesterday #14

"In the public interest" James48 Yesterday #15

Reuters has now picked up the story. littlemissmartypants Yesterday #16

Fuck you Carr Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday #17

Kick dalton99a Yesterday #18

Haul Barr's ass in to a hearing orangecrush Yesterday #19

"Be Fox 'News', or else!" sakabatou 23 hrs ago #21

The fascist crackdown on 'not approved' news is continuing! Aussie105 23 hrs ago #22

Yep.... If the oligarchs can't buy a news outlet they'll regulate it into submission. groundloop 23 hrs ago #23

"Spell FASCIST ASSHOLE" struggle4progress 22 hrs ago #24

Carr is considered an incompetent doofus by most communications attorneys onenote 21 hrs ago #25

He is one of the architects of P25 so he's not that dumb. littlemissmartypants 21 hrs ago #27

If the jackass actually does this he needs to have his ass hauled before the courts. lostincalifornia 21 hrs ago #26

FoxNews' time is limited, since it won't be hard to prove they're constantly lying. Baitball Blogger 19 hrs ago #29

There's always a tweet... Carr said in 2019: IcyPeas 15 hrs ago #30

My new favorite meme. Roy Rolling 14 hrs ago #31

What a crock of shite! OldBaldy1701E 13 hrs ago #32

So if a broadcaster accurately reports that the WSJ and NYT printed something Trump says is fake news.. onenote 9 hrs ago #33

Agreed: wholley unConstitutional. That said, snot 5 hrs ago #34

Again......can you even imagine how RW world would explode if Biden or Obama's FCC Chair had said this. LiberalLovinLug 4 hrs ago #35