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Jon Stewart claims Apple wouldn't let him interview FTC chair on his show

127 points by redbell 3y ago

extraduder_ire 3y ago
Not that it'd be much use, but I hope he got that in writing.
malermeister 3y ago
> The complaint specifically calls out Apple's dominance as potentially harmful to speech. I'm sure this incident helped that perception...
llimos 3y ago
It's nice when those with f** you money do actually occasionally say f** you.
- AniseAbyss 3y ago
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Rinzler89 3y ago
I wonder how John Oliver gets away with it.
- bequanna 3y ago
  Different shows with very different tones. Stewart’s Apple show could be considered more “gotcha journalism” than comedy. He is running the risk of embarrassing and really pissing powerful people off. Oliver uses a lot of hyperbole and comedy which seems to soften the landing of whatever difficult truth he is discussing.
  - irq-1 3y ago
    Apple has Apple Pay, a store monopoly, tax dodging (double Irish), stock buybacks, and probably more issues with the FTC. Oliver at HBO isn't trying to be a financial institution.
  - ein0p 3y ago
    And he’s only discussing anything if the owners of his show allow him to do so. Same as Stewart I suppose.
- lern_too_spel 3y ago
  They got away with it on Viacom too, often arguing the other side of lawsuits against their employer. Apple is the odd one out.
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- lotsofpulp 3y ago
  John Oliver works for Warner Bros Discovery, not Apple. And the public nor leaders are concerned about WBD's size or influence.
  - autoexec 3y ago
    > And the public nor leaders are concerned about WBD's size or influence. Plenty of people are concerned about consolidation in the media industry. There are ongoing antitrust investigations. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/01/warner-bros-discovery-directors-miron-newhouse-resign-after-antitrust-probe.html https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/01/warner-bros-discovery-direct...
    - lotsofpulp 3y ago
      I don't think that one is so much concerned about consolidation as it is about a clear violation of a specific statute: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/19 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/19 The big players are now Apple/Amazon/Netflix/Comcast/Disney/Sony (all with market caps north of $100B). Far under that comes WBD ($20B), Fox ($14B), Paramount ($8B), and then Lionsgate ($3B). It would be crazy, to me, to go after the latter group for any type of anti trust. What they are buying and selling is also being bought and sold by at least 9 other decent size businesses.
  - rurban 3y ago
    I always thought Oliver is CIA
    - defrost 3y ago
      Don't be silly .. clearly he's GCHQ.
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CaptainZapp 3y ago
Wow! Apple Inc. sure learned the lesson from their Chinese masters.

127 points by redbell 3y ago

Not that it'd be much use, but I hope he got that in writing.

> The complaint specifically calls out Apple's dominance as potentially harmful to speech. I'm sure this incident helped that perception...

llimos 3y ago

It's nice when those with f** you money do actually occasionally say f** you.

AniseAbyss 3y ago
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Rinzler89 3y ago

I wonder how John Oliver gets away with it.

bequanna 3y ago
Different shows with very different tones. Stewart’s Apple show could be considered more “gotcha journalism” than comedy. He is running the risk of embarrassing and really pissing powerful people off. Oliver uses a lot of hyperbole and comedy which seems to soften the landing of whatever difficult truth he is discussing.
- irq-1 3y ago
  Apple has Apple Pay, a store monopoly, tax dodging (double Irish), stock buybacks, and probably more issues with the FTC. Oliver at HBO isn't trying to be a financial institution.
- ein0p 3y ago
  And he’s only discussing anything if the owners of his show allow him to do so. Same as Stewart I suppose.
lern_too_spel 3y ago
They got away with it on Viacom too, often arguing the other side of lawsuits against their employer. Apple is the odd one out.
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lotsofpulp 3y ago
John Oliver works for Warner Bros Discovery, not Apple. And the public nor leaders are concerned about WBD's size or influence.
- autoexec 3y ago
  > And the public nor leaders are concerned about WBD's size or influence. Plenty of people are concerned about consolidation in the media industry. There are ongoing antitrust investigations. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/01/warner-bros-discovery-directors-miron-newhouse-resign-after-antitrust-probe.html https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/01/warner-bros-discovery-direct...
  - lotsofpulp 3y ago
    I don't think that one is so much concerned about consolidation as it is about a clear violation of a specific statute: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/19 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/19 The big players are now Apple/Amazon/Netflix/Comcast/Disney/Sony (all with market caps north of $100B). Far under that comes WBD ($20B), Fox ($14B), Paramount ($8B), and then Lionsgate ($3B). It would be crazy, to me, to go after the latter group for any type of anti trust. What they are buying and selling is also being bought and sold by at least 9 other decent size businesses.
- rurban 3y ago
  I always thought Oliver is CIA
  - defrost 3y ago
    Don't be silly .. clearly he's GCHQ.

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CaptainZapp 3y ago

Wow! Apple Inc. sure learned the lesson from their Chinese masters.