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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

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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 Saturday OP

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

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

2nd that orangecrush Saturday #20

Wholly illegal and unconstitutional angrychair Saturday #3

Sue the fucks purr-rat beauty Saturday #4

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

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

Soviet Pravda IronLionZion Saturday #7

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

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

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

I worry... BurnDoubt Saturday #12

Fair. nt Shipwack Yesterday #28

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

Do it Carr Mblaze Saturday #13

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

"In the public interest" James48 Saturday #15

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

Fuck you Carr Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Saturday #17

Kick dalton99a Saturday #18

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

"Be Fox 'News', or else!" sakabatou Saturday #21

The fascist crackdown on 'not approved' news is continuing! Aussie105 Saturday #22

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

"Spell FASCIST ASSHOLE" struggle4progress Saturday #24

Carr is considered an incompetent doofus by most communications attorneys onenote Saturday #25

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

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

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

There's always a tweet... Carr said in 2019: IcyPeas Yesterday #30

My new favorite meme. Roy Rolling Yesterday #31

What a crock of shite! OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #32

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

Agreed: wholley unConstitutional. That said, snot Yesterday #34

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