Trump wants CBS license revoked; FCC chair explains that isn’t going to happen

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/fcc-chair-slams-trumps-call-to-revoke-cbs-and-abc-broadcast-licenses/

29 Comments

  1. If the FCC director was still that asshat Ajit Pai, he’d revoked that license in an instant, then take a sip of coffee from that stupid oversized Reese’s cup mug. I don’t miss that dickhead one bit.

  2. News orgs don’t have “news licenses” like he seems to think. There are broadcast licenses for over-the-air local broadcasts. WCBS in NYC is licensed to a CBS owned subsidiary, while WTOL is a Toledo, OH CBS affiliate whose broadcast license rights are controlled by another company.

    If “news licenses” were an actual thing that could be revoked then I don’t imagine his preferred outlets would pass the smell test.

  3. Trump wants CBS license revoked cause the edited Kamala’s interview on 60 minutes. However, anytime Trump has done a per-recorded interview with Fox, Newsmax, etc. they have always edited his answers to make it look better. Lets not forget his interview with Fox and Friends a few months ago where they did jump cuts to edit some of Trump’s answers.

  4. onceinawhile222 on

    It seems to be a frequent experience for Donald. His concept of basic principles seems lacking.

  5. the_red_scimitar on

    Just a slice of Trump’s intent. He already said he’d be a “dictator on day one”. And he’s running only to:

    (a) Stay out of jail

    (b) Pay his debt to Putin, before Trump and family start falling out of upper story windows.

  6. Isn’t it better to just ignore him? Why keep publicly replying to him, just legitimizes the things he says.

  7. DickWoodReddit on

    The double standards are wild. CBS should lose their license for editing some clips of harris but fox shouldn’t lose theirs for lying about the election being stolen when they knew it wasn’t and helping to incite the Jan 6 insurrection that led to multiple deaths and a real attack on our democracy..

    Rules for thee not me

  8. Shit like this is why I simply cannot understand why CNN and other networks can be so soft on him…

    If he gets elected he could very well attempt to shut down organizations he doesn’t like.

    He’s not a ratings gift… He’s a literal threat to the free press.

  9. So like everything that comes out of his puckered cats asshole of a mouth, this also won’t be happening, cool cool

  10. this is why FOX can say whatever they want. they don’t have a license because they aren’t news.

  11. You know, people can not want their politicians to be protected by news outlets and still not want an organization to lose their license…if it worked that way.

  12. myislanduniverse on

    Remember when Fox News Entertainment Media settled an almost billion dollar lawsuit for spreading election lies?

    Go ahead, Don. Try suing if you feel so confident.

  13. What exactly is his complaint about 60 Minutes and Harris? Obviously unfounded bullshit, just seems like he hasn’t actually made clear exactly what they supposedly did wrong that was so scandalous.

  14. Responsible-Ad-1086 on

    If he wins doesn’t she think that she will be replaced by a Trump lackey in a heartbeat, someone who will revoke the licences of any station that criticises Trump

  15. If it were that simple, Faux News would have been dead long, long ago and we probably wouldn’t be in half the mess we’re already in because of them.