BUtterfield 8 41,832 Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 The FCC removed a key constraint on broadcasters’ ability to consolidate stations, voting to repeal an ownership cap put in place to try to limit power of any one media company. The FCC’s 2-1 vote Thursday was to repeal a restriction that limits companies from owning stations reaching more than 39% of TV households. But it faces a potential court challenge, amid warnings that only Congress has the authority to remove the restriction. FCC chairman Brendan Carr said that the move was long overdue given the dramatic changes to the competitive landscape, warning that inaction risked seeing local stations “going the way of newspapers.” “It is time to restore balance to the broadcast airwaves,” Carr said. “Repealing the national cap will provide essential relief for local broadcasters by restoring a healthy counterbalance to the growing leverage of national programmers.” He predicted that allowing broadcasters to increase scale will allow them to attract capital and boost advertising to produce news and other local programming. Removal of the cap — which limits any company from collecting stations that reach more than 39% of the country — has long been a goal of broadcasters, who have complained that they have been unable to scale up to compete with unregulated tech giants as they have siphoned off local television advertising revenue. The FCC move was quickly praised by the main broadcast lobby, the National Association of Broadcasters. Source 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roughhouse Dandy 13,791 Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 Oh, great. Just what we needed right now. Won't have any messed up repercussions. Completely fine. This is my Hannah Montana™️ lipgloss. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
onTheBrink 1,609 Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 (edited) 44 minutes ago, BUtterfield 8 said: “It is time to restore balance to the broadcast airwaves,” Carr said. “Repealing the national cap will provide essential relief for local broadcasters by restoring a healthy counterbalance to the growing leverage of national programmers.” What a load of shi t. God almighty. Edited August 6 by onTheBrink you missed a bit Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxr 2,663 Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 Spoiler Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkmanthaC 115,102 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 The station my husband does weather at is owned by NextStar. Big news for them if this passes Congress. she/her/hers Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavetheEarthNow 218 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 (edited) The guy doing it is probably doing it because he's in the Epstein files and is being blackmailed. Edited August 7 by SavetheEarthNow Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagzus 24,511 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 (edited) So what does this actually mean? Is this like a company can own loads and loads of like news networks and stuff? Effectively meaning republicans could buy more than just the likes of Fox for example. Basically, is this right wing media crying there’s not more right wing media? Edited August 7 by gagzus 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo 4,414 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 58 minutes ago, SavetheEarthNow said: The guy doing it is probably doing it because he's in the Epstein files and is being blackmailed. Brendan Carr is a hardcore ideological nutcase, he doesn't need more reason than that. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladle Ghoulash 55,141 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 (edited) 38 minutes ago, gagzus said: So what does this actually mean? Is this like a company can own loads and loads of like news networks and stuff? Effectively meaning republicans could buy more than just the likes of Fox for example. Basically, is this right wing media crying there’s not more right wing media? More or less, tbh. It’s even worse than than just Fox, tho, when you consider two Trump allies have already consolidated quite a bit of control over the media between Larry Ellison and Bari Weiss. Edited August 7 by Ladle Ghoulash We have forgotten our public MANNERS Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo 4,414 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 36 minutes ago, gagzus said: So what does this actually mean? Is this like a company can own loads and loads of like news networks and stuff? Effectively meaning republicans could buy more than just the likes of Fox for example. Basically, is this right wing media crying there’s not more right wing media? It's really the other way around -- most of the media moguls are only marginally interested in the news side of the business. They don't support consolidation for the sake of increasing right-wing media, they support Republicans because Republicans (tend to) let them consolidate (and do whatever else they want to do). And they want to consolidate so that they can make more money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisGuyTony 35,204 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Can someone explain this in pop terms? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOT 3,639 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Sounds like a move towards State tv. I'll say one thing for fascists, they don't lack ambition. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,831 Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 This is really bad for free speech, cos this will means more corporate influence which cause less diversity in viewpoints. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ⁱᵐ'ᵐᵃ ʰⁱᵗ ᵈᵉᶠʳᵒˢᵗ ᵒⁿ ʸᵃ, ˡᵉᵗ'ˢ ᵍᵉᵗ ⁱᵗ ᵇˡᵃᶻⁱⁿᵍ﹗ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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