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Doesn't apply to late night shows.
by kgwxd 8mo ago
Doesn't apply to late night shows.
- nomel 8mo agoReference? This says it now does (and parent is right): https://www.mediainstitute.org/2026/01/22/fcc-late-night-shows-may-not-be-exempt-from-equal-time-rule/ https://www.mediainstitute.org/2026/01/22/fcc-late-night-sho... To me, this seems reasonable, since I could imagine all the networks skirting the intent in any way possible.
- SpicyLemonZest 8mo agoThis notice was published as a flagrant act of unlawful retaliation against late night shows for criticizing the sitting President. I think it's misleading to present it as a legitimate action, even if the Trump regime might attempt to enforce it and courts might uphold that enforcement. As the only non-regime FCC commissioner remaining has pointed out, the FCC specifically did not engage in the actual rulemaking procedure that's normally required to change these rules, because if they had their retaliatory motivation would have been a huge obstacle.
- nomel 8mo ago> I think it's misleading to present it as a legitimate action Legitimate or not, the policy is what's there now, until challenged. You agree with that: > might attempt to enforce it and courts might uphold that enforcement And, clearly, so do their lawyers.
- SpicyLemonZest 8mo agoThe problem is that the policy will not be challenged if people accept it as legitimate. Talk shows aren't common enough or important enough that a challenge is guaranteed to come. And so the ratchet of authoritarian takeover advances a little bit further, as Donald Trump works towards his quite explicit goal of making it illegal for the media to say bad things about him.
- apparent 8mo agoDoesn't apply to news shows. The key question is whether late night shows are news shows.