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.

  • @whotookkarl
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    192 hours ago

    The government can demand unpublished journalism materials, and CBS has the right to tell them to fuck off, which they would if they have any integrity left.

  • @[email protected]
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    203 hours ago

    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.

    • qprimed
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      152 hours ago

      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.

      • @Sanctus
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        31 hour ago

        Network States will emerge within 3 years. Make sure you get in to Disney State or Microsoft. Dont want to get stuck in a shit ass place like O’Reiley’s State.

    • Optional
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      16 minutes ago

      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.

  • katy ✨
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    CBS should tell Brendan Carr to go fuck himself

  • @solrize
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    243 hours ago

    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.

  • @[email protected]
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    3 hours ago

    Hmm. Does the FCC actually have the authority to do that?

    I mean, I don’t know the details of the thing here, but their authority really extends just over what goes out over the air. I don’t think that they have any special authority over the inner workings of companies, just because they happen to be in the news business.

    • The Quuuuuill
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      143 hours ago

      the president doesn’t give a fuck. the fcc is just going to be the minitru going forward

      • @[email protected]
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        93 hours ago

        They can ask for it, but that doesn’t mean that CBS has to do it, and if they want to take it to the courts, then they’re going to need to have a legal argument.

        • @dohpaz42
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          It doesn’t matter if they have a legal argument. They want to scare the execs at CBS Paramount so that CBS Paramount capitulates and gives in, just like ABC did.

          And guess what?

          It’s working.

          • @Sanctus
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            31 hour ago

            Some people really need to go study the rise of the Third Reich. They will be feeling like they have deja vu.

    • classic
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      53 hours ago

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