On Monday, the Freedom of Press Foundation lodged a complaint against Brandon Car, chairman of the Federal Communication Commission. The DC Court of Appeals sent to the office disciplinary lawyer, alleging that the car had repeatedly broken the basic principles of behavior as a licensed lawyer, including taking advantage of his power to overcome the media outlets’ speech. This is a long shot as a legal complaint – but as a document, his free speech is calculated months of the growing war.
While examples of complaint return in months, Prestige According to reports, the FPF had a recent approval of the “Tipping Point” car’s Paramount and the integration between Sky Dennis. This is a situation that started the sketch and has somehow succeeded in looking worse.
For months, the FCC terminated the request, while Paramount discussed a special anti -speech case by President Donald Trump. After that, Paramount paid Trump Million 16 million in settlement money – but it was not enough. The merger was approved on the condition that the new company appoints an Ombudsman to guarantee that it has broadcast a “cross -bey of political and ideological spectrum”, which has not been directed anywhere in the usual FCC rules. On the way, the CBS, a subsidiary of Paramount, canceled the show of comedian and Trump critic Stephen Colbert – stressing the decision that the decision was fully financially, only to show the car to the CNBC and indicated that it helped the company comply with the FCC law.
“The American people are merely on mainstream media, and for broadcasters – once again, different from the cable, different from the podcast – for broadcasters, they have a federal license, and they are obliged to work in the public interest,” when asked about the collapse of the Colbert show. “And to the extent that we are starting to see some changes, I think it’s a good thing.”
A “unconstitutional shake town”
In addition to the attack on the first amendment, there is no reasonable way to rotate Trump and car actions, or in any sentence regarding a complaint, “unconstitutional shake down”. Trump disliked how a news outlet amended an interview with a political rival. In retaliation, one of his officials threatened his primary company. To replace it, the company agreed to work more with its priority politics under the supervision of the government’s appointed monitor.
What’s a little easy to hurt. Namely, the victims are important and Sky Dennis, a pair of giant corporations that are at risk for their lower line. But the real target is everyone who enjoys news, humor, or practically broadcast media, and has the freedom to choose what you see at stake.
Integration situations require “diversity of vision”, which looks like a high purpose – but let’s pay what it means in the car and Trump world. The original CBS legislature has claimed that the network has amended an interview with Democratic presidential nominee Kamla Harris, which makes Harris very clear – so the Ombudsman will probably consider how politicians are exposed to the news coverage, which is to be presented to the news coverage.
The car celebrated Colbert’s cancellation as a “course correction”, so the comedians are also in the notice. And another network, in Disney, presented an example of an example of “invasive” and illegal “DEI”. So prepare the prepare of investigating in ethnic or gender makeup of green lights, making sure that its TV programming is not too diverse Incorrectly.
Earlier this month, the whole situation was launched in the season of one of the Taj-Jewish TV shows of Paramount, South ParkWhich shakes the acronym town with billions of dollars in trial by Trump. It is barely full of curtains with the most important situation and suggestions that it is South ParkNot just South Park, under danger. (The White House insulted the show, but so far, it seems safe.)
Conservatives have been warning of darkness for years that the FCC operations of the Democratic Presidents are equivalent to censorship, which is often deployed to the “new justice theory”. Plays with the original survey of newsroom operations to efforts to protect remote consumers: In 2016, Trump claimed that “purely neutrality is a theory of justice” and “will target conservative media.” Now, a Republican Commissioner just put the government’s thumb on the scale of American culture, and insisted that networks should not like their business – they should look at Donald Trump.
In a country where media companies are endlessly stable, the FCC is in a position to stop a business that seeks integration in search of integration until it removes its terms. It has already landed on the provisions of a different company, Verizon’s anti -“DI”, and there is no reason to think that it will stop there. It seems that the FPF complaint will seriously remove the mission. But this count shows how the car has failed miserably in the demand for broadcasters: serving the public interest by allowing free expression of ideas.
