FCC demands CBS provide unedited transcript of Kamala Harris interview
FCC demands CBS provide unedited transcript of Kamala Harris interview
FCC probes editing of 60 Minutes interview as CBS considers settling Trump suit.
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.
The government can demand unpublished journalism materials, and CBS has the right to tell them to fuck off, which they would if they have any integrity left.
Narrator: "They don't"
The cost for integrity in an authoritarian system is very very high.
We can't expect them to have integrity until we are willing to be in the streets.
This should really be the story. “CBS capitulated to a dictator wanna be.”
Getting less "wannabe" and more "actual" every day
Sure. And then the government revokes your broadcast license.
And then fines you.
And then breaks your assets up.
Fun times.
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.
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.
They're a corporation. You are on the news source now.
Pretty much, yes. Why do you think I keep setting up these RSS feed communities to still-high-quality journalism?
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.
I really hope that orange turds lifestyle soon catches up to him
Please don’t. Trump’s absolutely unique blend of incompetence, self-assurance, and vigor is one of the few bright spots in this whole thing. If someone who is capable gets to sit at the controls of the machine that’s been created, you can fucking say good night.
Vance is Trump's insurance policy
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.
CBS should tell Brendan Carr to go fuck himself
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the lyrics to this are super relevant right now
Lyrics, to avoid an app:
[Verse 1] Gonna put you on a forgotten street Give you a lecture about something obsolete Gonna teach you about the freedom of speech Then they're gonna come and take away the freedom of speech
Gonna write a song with your point of view Manufacture feelings that feel for you Sung by men who would flog playground juuls, preachy Preeten peacock pecking order they didn't choose [Refrain] Such is life (x4)
[Verse 2] Gonna lobby to bloat up a cash cow Feed you poison that they want to allow Then they wrap it up with a pretty bow And then hook you when you're a baby and you don't even know
Gonna give you another group to hate Build a scapegoat thеn they give it a face Nothin' to do with rеligion or race But it's corporate politics that got us into this place
[Outro] Such is life, Such is life! Such is life, So choose life So choose liiiife, choose liiiife! So choose liiiife, choose liiiife Such is life (x4)