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Trump’s FCC chair threatens Comcast, demands changes to NBC news coverage (arstechnica.com)

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[–] Frog 30 points 1 day ago (4 children)

"Comcast knows that federal law requires its licensed operations to serve the public interest. News distortion doesn't cut it," Carr wrote in a post on X yesterday.

Why the fuck isn't this used against Fox News?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

They are entertainment. They spent hundreds of millions to maintain that status in court a long time ago.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Duh its a bad faith argument.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fox is “entertainment”, not news.

[–] Frog 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Then every news outlet should label themselves as such to avoid these FCC threats.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Most have. However, broadcast tv has an obligation to have news, so they don't or they would be in breach of licence conditions.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Its a recent law that has only been on the books for checks notes 50 years.