I've already pointed out that Brendan Carr has made it clear that he will be the most censorial FCC chair in history. And he will do it while wrapping himself in the false flag of free speech. And the media will repeat that claim as if it's accurate. - ThreadSky

mmasnick.bsky.social • 44 days ago

I've already pointed out that Brendan Carr has made it clear that he will be the most censorial FCC chair in history.

And he will do it while wrapping himself in the false flag of free speech. And the media will repeat that claim as if it's accurate.

Reposted from The Media and Democracy Project

This is ominous: the weaponization of the federal government via the FCC has begun.

Trump FCC Chair #BrendanCarr wielding the power of *our* FCC (on behalf of Trump) against the corporate parent of CBS News should disturb all Americans.

This is a threat to #PressFreedom

nypost.com/2025/01/10/m...

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zansky.bsky.social•44 days ago

Don’t worry, I am sure he can be bought just like everyone else in the new administration.

jandcochran.bsky.social•44 days ago

But trump was the free speech candidate

browntom1234.bsky.social•43 days ago

@vichyregime2.bsky.social

seansatori.bsky.social•44 days ago

As someone who knows him personally, it’s fucking weird seeing him go down this rabbit hole. Not unexpected but weird.

bgluckman.bsky.social•44 days ago

I am absolutely expecting RuPaul's Drag Race to become a part of this, considering it's one of Paramount's most successful properties, and one of the leading showcases for trans and queer performers across all TV.

olgraymaher.bsky.social•44 days ago

📌

webrant.bsky.social•44 days ago

Paramount is about to come under the control of Larry Ellison via his son so they will shift their intimidation elsewhere.

https://bsky.app/profile/mmasnick.bsky.social/post/3lfjfwbjbdc2c

krisweinschenker.bsky.social•43 days ago

If only someone had warned us...

bobbymax716.bsky.social•44 days ago

It's the new fascist model that Netayahu, Orban, Erdogan and Putin use. So sure why not ? What could go wrong ?

greenvermont.bsky.social•43 days ago

intimidating and aligning of all media was a cornerstone of Nazi propaganda. Beware the beginnings!

johnlaroe.bsky.social•44 days ago

[playing fast and loose with basic FCC rules]
=
[not parroting the party line] || [questioning the infallible leader]

wallawalter.bsky.social•44 days ago

Who knew free speech would be destroyed under the mantle of free speech?

mickeywhite.bsky.social•44 days ago

If 218 USA House members vote NO to funding the FCC, there is nothing the Senate, President, SCOTUS could do. The FCC would still exist but with no money to function.

cuw.bsky.social•44 days ago

The fcc is fundamental to things like planes not falling out of the sky. You unfortunately can’t stop funding them just because they are going to go rogue.

roncampbell.bsky.social•44 days ago

You're confusing the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) with the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration). No planes will fall out of the sky if the FCC is defunded.

cuw.bsky.social•44 days ago

Do you understand what a RADIO is? do you understand what RADIO SPECTRUM is?

Do you understand that ATC(RADIO FOR PLANES) is regulated SOLELY by the FCC keeping people from blowing noise into that spectrum? I'm not confusing shit. Lets not even get into spectrum of satelite signals vs terestrial

cuw.bsky.social•44 days ago

When you can somewhat understand what this chart displays feel free to try and correct me, until then i suggest you shut it.
https://www.ntia.gov/sites/default/files/publications/january_2016_spectrum_wall_chart_0.pdf

cuw.bsky.social•44 days ago

BTW this is the band that supposedly doesn't matter because the FAA controls planes. Now that narrow gap of spectrum requires very little filtering because it is MEGA illegal to broadcast on that. If you remove the FCC who would monitor this?

lizzymatheson.bsky.social•44 days ago

What FCC Fairness rules? Reagan got rid of them

mmasnick.bsky.social•43 days ago

He means the equal time rule, which is still in place and was an offshoot of the FD. And also, which Carr almost certainly hated and thought was unconstitutional until it gave him a hammer to beat up "woke" TV companies.

mikew-ca.bsky.social•44 days ago

Interesting, because I thought Project 2025 and DOGE wanted to utterly destroy the "administrative state". So "government regulation is bad, except when we can use it to get what we want", right?

adjectivalnoun.bsky.social•43 days ago

Driving this wedge is the best tactic available.

candylou2.bsky.social•44 days ago

Taking control of the media was one of the first actions taken by Hitler and his people, shutting down those who were critical or told the truth about him.

If you control the media you control the narrative.

billsmith.bsky.social•43 days ago

So, you’re saying the Biden Administration was Hitlerian in the way it controlled the media narrative and shut down those who wanted to tell the truth about his mental decline???

lizardky.bsky.social•44 days ago

What fairness rules? Do they mean the Equal Time Doctrine? (Which is still in effect.)

I repeat: All those supporting the return of the Fairness Doctrine "to control Fox news" are either Useful Idiots being manipulated by the far right, or are themselves MAGAts using left-wing language as a cover.

mmasnick.bsky.social•43 days ago

Yeah, he means equal time.

thejeffmanghera.bsky.social•43 days ago

Carr knows that falls on the candidate. Trump backed out of the interview, so it's on him.

jdkahler.bsky.social•43 days ago

Not that The Base had a clue.

etblu2025.bsky.social•41 days ago

At least nobody can ever say that this is a surprise as everything was in writing before the first votes were cast🤷‍♂️
Remember what AH did with their constitution in the 1930's, same will happen to America, at least no American can sever say that they were not warned of this exact outcome.🤷‍♂️WTF🇺🇸

heathermccoy.bsky.social•44 days ago

We are so fucked and everyone is pretending like everything is fine.

bchadhill.bsky.social•44 days ago

It's infuriating. And it's infuriating that if you point this out you're labeled a "doomer" who "isn't helping." There is a nearly universal refusal to face what is coming and no discussion at all about how we might survive it, just a naive suggestion that we muddle through with normal politics.

nomnomnomdeplumb.bsky.social•44 days ago

Must be that fairness doctrine some sections of the internet are always rambling on about us needing to bring back.

joe-cipale.bsky.social•43 days ago

The people voted for fascism...

garysnyder.bsky.social•44 days ago

The Snyder brothers have been in touch w/ the #FCC. Given Comm'r Carr's predisposition to #activism, we find this unsurprising. Being that OG tech bro Larry Ellison is behind what is less of a buyout & more of a reassignment of the assets of Paramount Global [CBS/CBS News], we support #intervention.

garysnyder.bsky.social•44 days ago

That being said, we also completely agree with your post. So...yeah.

mmadventures.bsky.social•44 days ago

Carr is an evil tool. Ellison, who’s predisposed to boot licking for Trump, is a bigger evil tool.

They’re both a threat to a free press and democracy. I really wish people (alleged journalists) would put their self interests aside and wake up as these tales don’t ever have happy endings.

thejeffmanghera.bsky.social•43 days ago

Carr seemed ignorant with how equal time worked with SNL/NBC, but he'll be the one in charge soon.