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DBoon

(23,336 posts)
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 12:06 PM Thursday

"FCC revives news complaints..." - including complaint against fact checking Trump!

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/trumps-fcc-chair-gets-to-work-on-punishing-news-stations-accused-of-bias/

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has revived three complaints against broadcast stations accused of bias against President Donald Trump.
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The revived complaints target WNBC in New York, WCBS in New York, and 6 ABC in Philadelphia (also known as WPVI-TV). The complaints were filed by the Center for American Rights and supported Trump's claims of bias regarding ABC's fact-checking during a presidential debate, the editing of a CBS 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, and NBC putting Harris on a Saturday Night Live episode. The complaints against CBS and ABC were made under the FCC's news distortion rules, while the complaint against NBC alleges a violation of the FCC's Equal Time rule.
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Carr has made it clear that he wants the FCC to punish news broadcasters that he perceives as being unfair to Trump or Republicans in general. He claimed that NBC putting Harris on Saturday Night Live before the election was "a clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC's Equal Time rule," even though NBC gave Trump two free 60-second messages in order to comply with the rule.


So now presenting news unfavorable to Trump will result in an FCC investigation. Fact checking is now a punishable offense. Wonder why the media is caving so quickly?
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"FCC revives news complaints..." - including complaint against fact checking Trump! (Original Post) DBoon Thursday OP
Fucking what??? We truly live in backwards bizarro world. Initech Thursday #1
DJT referenced a new law or rule that would put a stop to labeling information as "dis" or "mis" allegorical oracle Thursday #2
Dictator on day one, and from day one. 50 Shades Of Blue Thursday #3
In "Fahrenheit 451" the fire crews are dispatched to burn books. John1956PA Thursday #4
Hold on ... "under the FCC's news distortion rules" ... that is actually a thing? AZJonnie Thursday #5

Initech

(103,113 posts)
1. Fucking what??? We truly live in backwards bizarro world.
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 12:14 PM
Thursday

Fuck Trump, and his stupid petty bullshit!

allegorical oracle

(3,792 posts)
2. DJT referenced a new law or rule that would put a stop to labeling information as "dis" or "mis"
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 12:17 PM
Thursday

information. He effectively wants fact checking to cease. He brought that up at this virtual address to the Davos gathering this a.m. He's going more full fuhrer every day.

John1956PA

(3,539 posts)
4. In "Fahrenheit 451" the fire crews are dispatched to burn books.
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 12:23 PM
Thursday

We are living in that kind of world now.

AZJonnie

(227 posts)
5. Hold on ... "under the FCC's news distortion rules" ... that is actually a thing?
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 12:23 PM
Thursday

Could have fooled me! Obviously, if it is an actual thing, it only applies when someone speaks the truth about IQ47, his regime and his cultists.

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