The standard playbook for authoritarians: take control of higher education, the bureaucracy, the legal system, the military, and the media until all potential threats to power are eliminated.
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Berny Belvedere
Brendan Carr, Trump's FCC chair pick, is signaling his intention to punish broadcasters that the incoming administration believes has been unfair to them.
He's doing something else here, too: he's discouraging broadcasters from critically covering Trump moving forward.
He's doing something else here, too: he's discouraging broadcasters from critically covering Trump moving forward.
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https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4996396-5-things-to-know-about-trumps-fcc-pick/
At some point, they'll get rid of him, either through Trump or Congress.
Right?
THIS is the media. 🤷🏼♂️
I think by the time people are actually willing to do something about it this control will be pretty set in stone
I’d also be SHOCKED if his cabinet didn’t aggressively expand the Patriot Act to look for individuals trying to organize opposition groups.
Threatening to pull the broadcast licenses is soon going to be as consequential as threatening to regulate quill pens.
I can’t even remember the dressing down they got from the FCC 🤷♀️🤔😤🤬
For people talking about "fighting back", the first step is making it clear the FCC can't regulate cable news.