Submission statement: FCC Chair Brendan Carr is pushing broadcasters to air daily patriotic content for Trump’s America 250 celebration. He calls the pledge voluntary but notes it fulfills their public interest mandate. It is a pretty clear threat given Carr is already using that exact same standard to go after the licenses of networks he dislikes.
Why it’s relevant to r/NL: Weaponizing the FCC to coerce private media into airing state sanctioned nationalism is a massive red flag for First Amendment rights and institutional norms. Also, cuz I said so.
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Submission statement: FCC Chair Brendan Carr is pushing broadcasters to air daily patriotic content for Trump’s America 250 celebration. He calls the pledge voluntary but notes it fulfills their public interest mandate. It is a pretty clear threat given Carr is already using that exact same standard to go after the licenses of networks he dislikes.
Why it’s relevant to r/NL: Weaponizing the FCC to coerce private media into airing state sanctioned nationalism is a massive red flag for First Amendment rights and institutional norms. Also, cuz I said so.
Next up, making wrongthink illegal.