It is wild—and crushingly sad—how quickly corporate America has embraced the most basic pay-to-play business practices ahead of the incoming Trump admin. What would considered illegal overseas under the Foreign Corruption Practices Act is now de rigueur here at home. www.wsj.com/business/med... - ThreadSky

vermontgmg.bsky.social • 45 days ago

It is wild—and crushingly sad—how quickly corporate America has embraced the most basic pay-to-play business practices ahead of the incoming Trump admin. What would considered illegal overseas under the Foreign Corruption Practices Act is now de rigueur here at home. https://www.wsj.com/business/media/cbs-owner-discusses-settling-trump-suit-with-merger-review-on-tap-a5916925?st=LrUi93&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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minerva1.bsky.social•45 days ago

Did their skewed coverage- shaped by threats from an FCC commissioner- get Trump elected?

marcosantana.bsky.social•44 days ago

It’s corruption.

joywarrior24-7.bsky.social•45 days ago

Please support independent media!

The young Turks is an independent and progressive news station with no hypocrisy and no BS. They don’t always side with the left-they call out crap wherever they see it.

They report stories I literally don’t see elsewhere.

TYT👍

beatricetibbs777.bsky.social•44 days ago

It’s called extortion.

tgagemurphy.bsky.social•45 days ago

Who is lining up to be the voice of opposition these next 4 years? That seems like a lucrative place to be. Fox News always seems more popular when there is a Democrat in the White House.

kindler.bsky.social•45 days ago

In broad daylight, the incoming leader of our government has found a new way to extract bribes from our major media companies and they are falling in line and shelling out millions in cash to him as if it were tribute - or protection money. The speed & cynicism of the capitulation is unforgivable.

pupperperson.bsky.social•44 days ago

Just like the mob boss he is.

photoline.bsky.social•45 days ago

A real Congress would have shut this activity down.

motherearth19309.bsky.social•33 days ago

freestatefemale.bsky.social•45 days ago

Jaw dropping corruption.

bspergel.bsky.social•43 days ago

Not even trying to hide it.

charliesangel.bsky.social•44 days ago

This is so true! How is this suddenly the norm? Fear? Probably.

charliesangel.bsky.social•44 days ago

“Trump’s dissatisfaction with CBS News will make the review tougher than they anticipated, and that they’ll likely need to offer concessions to win approval, people familiar with the situation said.”

Offer concessions to win approval 😡 What happened to the free market? Stopping government overreach

erickabad.com•45 days ago

It's called Greed and power. The only way to teach these big wigs a lesson is stop supporting their products. Stop watching, subscribing whatever you can do to minimized your money feeding them.

pegofnevada.bsky.social•45 days ago

There is no television news media, only corporate overloads.

elizabethpearce.bsky.social•44 days ago

I’m fairly sure bribery is also illegal in the United States.

jimwhitney.bsky.social•45 days ago

Maybe even gross?

brownejax2024.bsky.social•45 days ago

cowards

therapyhaus.bsky.social•42 days ago

What will NBC do when he goes after SNL?

smittyslogic.bsky.social•45 days ago

That was freaking horrible. They're saying to the world: "there are no laws if you can afford to pay off the big boys", (they are all white men).
They absolutely suck.

castawayatbluebay.bsky.social•45 days ago

Greed is a deadly sin.

factsnotfiction.bsky.social•45 days ago

1930's here we come. With a modern twist

psychopathyred.bsky.social•45 days ago

Yep, it's good thing they didn't do something sinister like scan everyone's face for recognition, oh wait, never mind.

beccaroob2.bsky.social•45 days ago

📌

khyizang.bsky.social•44 days ago

When the WSJ calls out corruption it has to be really blatant. Guilty. No pretending this time around. Saving time and effort by efficiently going straight for the grift. Why mess around? Who’s gonna do anything about it?

exaspera.bsky.social•45 days ago

Yay! I’m glad we found each other!

writewhale.bsky.social•45 days ago

It’s the mob boss presidency on steroids

fifthestate2.bsky.social•45 days ago

Directed by Christopher Guest

beachbums79.bsky.social•45 days ago

This is not " new ". This is the way it starts . Ever heard of IG Farbin or Krupp ?

nelagirl.bsky.social•45 days ago

You know Trump will do something so embarassing and unAmerican that these corporations will have to run as far away from him as possible. What does he add to their image or bottom line ? He’s poison but they’re too ignorant to realize it.

motherearth19309.bsky.social•33 days ago

Boycott every single one #cbs #fucknbc #google #fuckamazon #fuckfacebook #fuckzuck #fuckmarkzuckerberg #fuckdonaldtrump #fuckelonmusk #fucktesla #fuckmeta

psychopathyred.bsky.social•45 days ago

American's have the shortest memories on Earth.

chief1970p.bsky.social•45 days ago

“United States of Amnesia”- Gore Vidal.

ruthmyrtlez.bsky.social•45 days ago

The USA is now what used to be known as a corrupt, 3rd world country. trump is going to hand putin the keys to the door. We're done. I'm so sad about the future of this place.

eugenewjones.bsky.social•44 days ago

Bribe in broad daylight. Again, the Garland led DOJ does nothing. Hell, Egypt gave millions to the Trump campaign and nothing. America has become a corrupt state.

littlemoonmaker.bsky.social•45 days ago

Dam…now I have to cancel Paramount Plus…I had cancelled everything else except that and Netflix. 😡

taubk.bsky.social•45 days ago

profit media will always do this.. they only care about profit..
not who is watching their outlets..

rkfatheree.bsky.social•45 days ago

Hitler enjoyed the same support from corporations. He and his staff were delighted (and surprised) companies so quickly jumped at the opportunity to benefit fascism.

auntieem.bsky.social•45 days ago

It is exceedingly sad that this is allowed to happen. CBS will cave to avoid the bullying.

jaredhardd.bsky.social•45 days ago

Idk about anybody else but if they do this I’ll never watch 60 Minutes again.

informationbank.bsky.social•45 days ago

I've spent time today deleting all of my accounts. Started with Amazon although I've been boycotting them for years! It's very liberating!

chief1970p.bsky.social•45 days ago

WTF is this bullshit? Last I checked. NYT vs Sullivan is still a thing despite Clarence Step N’ Fetchit.

stevejazz.bsky.social•45 days ago

No capitulation.

petekruger.bsky.social•45 days ago

Tyranny experts: ok so the first rule is don't obey in advance.
The US media: right, so obey in advance first thing, got it.

lilhabit.bsky.social•45 days ago

Does this mean that anyone can sue CBS (or any content producer) for... editing?

azhrie139.bsky.social•45 days ago

Capitalism, at least of the monopoly kind, is incompatible with democracy.

edhirsch.bsky.social•44 days ago

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