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I think it’s funny that while GOP supporters are investing tens of $billions to take over popular broadcast and social media brands to privilege their point of
by snowwrestler 8mo ago
I think it’s funny that while GOP supporters are investing tens of $billions to take over popular broadcast and social media brands to privilege their point of view, Brendan Carr threatens to invoke the equal time rule, which would completely negate their structural advantage.
This is kind of like when conservatives spent years wrapping their advocacy in the banner of free speech, and then Brendan Carr announced that free speech is over, actually, because Jimmy Kimmel was mean. Oops! Nevermind.
- pseudalopex 8mo ago> I think it’s funny that while GOP supporters are investing tens of $billions to take over popular broadcast and social media brands to privilege their point of view, Brendan Carr threatens to invoke the equal time rule, which would completely negate their structural advantage. Why assume the rule would be applied fairly? Carr said they would not enforce it against right wing radio.
- snowwrestler 8mo agoIt is unlikely Carr will be FCC chair past January 20, 2029. (If he makes it that long.) However, all those conservative billionaires will still own their media companies. Expanding the coverage of the equal time rule would hand the next Democratic administration a big club to swing at them. Hey maybe for his next act, Carr will revive the Fairness Doctrine that was repealed under Reagan.
- foogazi 8mo ago> which would completely negate their structural advantage. You think it’s going to be enforced against their side ? Read the room My favorite dictator quote: > To my friends everything, to my enemies the law