Summary
The FCC has demanded CBS provide the full, unedited transcript of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, following a complaint and a lawsuit by Donald Trump.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, appointed by Trump, has reversed past media-related dismissals and launched new investigations into broadcasters.
CBS is also in settlement talks with Trump amid concerns over a pending Paramount-Skydance merger.
Critics argue the FCC’s actions constitute government retaliation against the press, raising concerns over First Amendment protections and media independence.
This is not normal. This is illegal. This is facism.
Well . . . yeah.
Just like we said for the last year.
See, though, the Democrats ran an unlikable candidate. So. You can understand why this lurching hellscape was so necessary.
And black people’s mail in ballots were rejected at a rate NINE TIMES higher than white people’s. There are other little things like this.
Voter suppression gave the Midwest states to Trump. We need to make sure everyone knows it.
They learned their lesson in Ohio. Enough election fuckery and you can even just decide to ignore anti Gerrymandering constitutional amendments. And as an added perk your opponents leave over it
Agreed. Let’s see those links, or citations, or whatever you got. Hopefully all in one place, like a Wikipedia article or something.
The Democrats needed to learn a lesson!
And if we’re lucky, we’ll still get to have elections in a couple years.
Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives
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Wow so edgy and funny haha
The government can demand unpublished journalism materials, and CBS has the right to tell them to fuck off, which they would if they have any integrity left.
I would love to live in a world where CBS tells them to go fuck themselves, and airs an hourlong special on the history of free speech protections in the United States and the meaning of the term “chilling effect.”
It seems like kind of the bare minimum. If they as an American news organization are not at least willing to do that, they should replace that proud-of-itself ticking clock intro with a little clip of some of the news reports from Starship Troopers.
CBS is also in settlement talks with Trump amid concerns over a pending Paramount-Skydance merger.
that is all you need to know about this situation to conclude what will happen.
If the interview was broadcast, there must be video recordings, so what is the big deal about unedited transcripts? They can watch the video and see what she said.
Do they mean they want stuff she said that didn’t go on the air? That would be invasive.
Yes - they want the unaired footage and transcript.
