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25. Carr is considered an incompetent doofus by most communications attorneys
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 11:38 PM
14 hrs ago

Sure he has he head planted firmly up Trump's ass. And sure he is an absolute enemy of free speech. But he's also a moron.

First, by attaching Trump's complaint about NEWSPAPER reporting to his tweet, Carr basically undermines his own argument. It's not a hoax for a tv station to report on what a newspaper -- the WSJ or the NYT for example -- has reported.

Second, Carr seems to be unaware -- or thinks somehow he can scare the big broadcasters with his threat. But the biggest drop owners, such as Sinclair, as well as CBS under its current management, are total suck ups for Trump. And the licenses for the most valuable licenses held by ABC and NBC -- their owned and operated station in NYC, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, etc. -- don't come up for renewal until December 2029, December 2030, or December 2031.

Doofus.

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Really, what's the difference? Marthe48 20 hrs ago #1
A strongly worded letter won't address this nazi shit. rubbersole 20 hrs ago #2
2nd that orangecrush 17 hrs ago #20
Wholly illegal and unconstitutional angrychair 20 hrs ago #3
Sue the fucks purr-rat beauty 20 hrs ago #4
Impeach the fucker - this would break the First Amendment muriel_volestrangler 20 hrs ago #5
Federal court slap down in 3...2...1.... paleotn 20 hrs ago #6
Soviet Pravda IronLionZion 20 hrs ago #7
Doesn't "Pravda" translate to "Truth" (Social)? BurnDoubt 19 hrs ago #9
We can always trust anything that puts the word "Truth" in it's name IronLionZion 19 hrs ago #11
Unconstitutional, but not super-worrisome? Shipwack 20 hrs ago #8
I worry... BurnDoubt 19 hrs ago #12
Fair. nt Shipwack 13 hrs ago #28
Fuck you Obergruppenfhrer Carr you fascist prick. I bet you have a Free Speech My Ass Tattoo n/t Cheezoholic 19 hrs ago #10
Do it Carr Mblaze 19 hrs ago #13
Gotta control the media and thereby the messaging. Dicktator 101 Evolve Dammit 18 hrs ago #14
"In the public interest" James48 18 hrs ago #15
Reuters has now picked up the story. littlemissmartypants 17 hrs ago #16
Fuck you Carr Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 17 hrs ago #17
Kick dalton99a 17 hrs ago #18
Haul Barr's ass in to a hearing orangecrush 17 hrs ago #19
"Be Fox 'News', or else!" sakabatou 16 hrs ago #21
The fascist crackdown on 'not approved' news is continuing! Aussie105 16 hrs ago #22
Yep.... If the oligarchs can't buy a news outlet they'll regulate it into submission. groundloop 15 hrs ago #23
"Spell FASCIST ASSHOLE" struggle4progress 15 hrs ago #24
Carr is considered an incompetent doofus by most communications attorneys onenote 14 hrs ago #25
He is one of the architects of P25 so he's not that dumb. littlemissmartypants 14 hrs ago #27
If the jackass actually does this he needs to have his ass hauled before the courts. lostincalifornia 14 hrs ago #26
FoxNews' time is limited, since it won't be hard to prove they're constantly lying. Baitball Blogger 12 hrs ago #29
There's always a tweet... Carr said in 2019: IcyPeas 8 hrs ago #30
My new favorite meme. Roy Rolling 7 hrs ago #31
What a crock of shite! OldBaldy1701E 6 hrs ago #32
So if a broadcaster accurately reports that the WSJ and NYT printed something Trump says is fake news.. onenote 2 hrs ago #33
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