Same result, different methods.

(Sounds like something Colen Powell would say.)

It would be interesting if all three networks ran devastating reporting on trump if he would attempt to pull all their licenses?

I don't see him doing it.

It will mean nothing because while people like us understand the implications, most Americans are ignorant and will just shrug and stumble on down the road.

the nightmare needs to end.

ones to end it. People are protesting and pushing back. The felon is a sick fuck. He has an obsession about little girls and dolls.

Today and everyday.

Which was IIRC a plan to takeover CBS by buying up their stock and installing their own Board so they could "become Dan Rather's boss" and fire him.

Conservative playbook doesn't change much, except by degree.

And by the way, Trump was already suing CBS over the Harris interview, and now his head of FCC is sabre rattling against it. Does that fit the scenario for a shakedown? Or worse?

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-01-19-mn-8256-story.html

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I also recall this began the downslide of CBS which was eventually rescued by a 'white knight', a wealthy investor L. Tisch who saved the company from the takeover. I stopped following it but later it was sold to .. Viacom, then those two split, but it was basically owned by Sumner Redstone's companies at one point.

NBC? ABC? FoX, you're kidding me.

sure CBS will fight this.

"Donald Trump shit's his pants, while having one of his ridiculous crybaby nutjobs, acting like a two-year-old tantrum spoiled brat."

but that would not impact cable or streaming.

So, they would still have a network and be functional.

And like you said, it's not the 1950's anymore. CBS could in theory continue on in streaming or cable for a while at least. They likely would gather lots of new viewers and major press from around the world. I don't think Trump would risk it but we'll see.

petty...so all bets are off.

But CBS also has shows that a LOT of people watch.

Even MAGAts won't like not getting the NFL, college sports, and golf.

That's CBS's baby. They license out some early games to other networks so all games are televised but, can you imagine not being able to have that? Not to mention all the college football they broadcast. Fuck TSF! He's just a spoiled rotten rich kid that never matured beyond the age of 12.

Merge it with the White House and Trump family business.

24/7 we have can stories and pictures about the Trump crime family.

Only the individual CBS local stations have FCC licenses for their over-the-air signals. I believe the FCC would have to hold hearings on every CBS affiliated station in the US: That's 251 of them. They would have to show some kind of reason to jerk their licenses. TV stations lawyers could keep this in the courts for years and years.

Trump and his lackeys think they're some kind of royalty from the 16th century.

Whine will get more Viewers wanting to Check Out CBS?!

Don’t think he’ll do it, he just likes to run his mouth. But even if it’s just a threat, he’ll face backlash because it is an attempt to muzzle media.

He is a corrupt piece of shit that needs to be thrown out of office.

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But he cannot pull their cable or internet services.

the vast majority of their affiliates are independent stations.


so YEAH, they could pressure the FCC to pull those licenses of stations which are owned by CBS,
but the network would go on...

CBS is a television NETWORK---

Television NETWORKS, (nor cable channels), DO NOT HAVE a "broadcasting license"---
nor are they required to have one!

Only broadcasting "stations" have broadcasting licenses, and are required to have them....

Now, CBS may own some stations, and they could threaten those individual station licenses---

and I don't know how the CBS television network forwards their programs to all of their affiliates---
they COULD be doing that through some kind of signal which requires a license,
but seems like the INTERNET would be an alternative which would require NO license... "streaming", basically.


As such, this is a totally meaningless threat---
other than the fact that it is predictable nazi-wannabe FASCIST bullying---

and shows that, as usual, Trump and his clown car
have no idea WHAT THE FUCK they are talking about!


My personal expertise is this issue, such as it is, stems from the fact that I used to be a "radio pirate" who would have liked to broadcast legally, but it was far too expensive.... but I do know the difference between a broadcasting station, which needs a license, and a 'network' for which there is no such license in existence, and never has been such a thing.

I was in broadcast news for many many years. I'm retired but back when I was there the network signal came in on phone lines. The phone lines were special higher quality than normal. Then when satellite communications became a thing, a lot of back-and-forth feeds were done via satellite dishes. The problem with satellite feeds, as anybody with a home DirectTV or SiriusXM knows, is that when rain storms appear the signal can get spotty. So land lines are still necessary.

As far as I know, the FCC has no authority to stop CBS or anybody else from using phone lines or up and down satellite links.

not unlike "the Ukraine war will be over on day one", and
"prices will go down on day one"....

and "tariffs will give us the greatest economy we have ever had"

faux would turn on him

He's another one who should've breathed his last breath decades ago.

According to On The Media, 3/4 of Rupert's don't share his views and might steer Fox News back to a semi-respectable platform, unless the other (hard right) son is successfully in litigating to wrest control of the trust & empire from his siblings.

That's not an executive power. Just another lawsuit, taxpayers must cover. Never happen.

It is illegal for a politician to threaten a private business which has not committed any crime. During his first term he threatened the tax exempt status of national football teams for allowing players to "take a knee" in protest. He didn't do it I expect because he was told it was illegal, but Trump doesn't believe that anything he does now is illegal.

Like we don't already have enough.