Strange Bedfellows: FCC’s ‘60 Minutes’ Probe Brings Advocacy Orgs Together to Sound Alarm About First Amendment Threat
In this moment of fierce political division, few issues have the power to unite Americans and institutions from the left, ...
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The FCC's Show Trial Against CBS Is a Political Power Play
The FCC already knows CBS did not violate any rules and merely ... but to other would-be transgressors. There is a dark and deadly history of such proceedings in authoritarian regimes around the world ...
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Dan Abrams Buries CBS For Handing Over Kamala Harris Transcript to FCC: ‘One of the More Cowardly Moves In Recent News History’
Abrams called the latest move by CBS in complying with the FCC “one of the more cowardly moves” in recent media history. He also noted CBS’ move is likely tied to the network’s parent ...
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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Suggests That Skydance-Paramount Merger Review Is Far From Finished
It’s not just what you cover, but what you don’t cover.” He added, “The FCC has this history of looking at broadcast or taking these actions, but it’s the last couple of weeks in particu ...
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CBS urges FCC to reject complaint over '60 Minutes' Harris interview
WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - CBS on Monday urged the Federal Communications Commission to reject a complaint over a "60 Minutes" interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris, saying the ...
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Gray Media Gets FCC Waiver to Acquire KXLT-TV in Minnesota
The decision comes two months after the parties applied for approval of the transaction, Gray added, and that appears to represent the shortest processing time for a duopoly waiver in FCC history.
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr Wants More Control Over Social Media
In his short time as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Brendan Carr ... power over more speech than any institution in history" in recent years, Carr told Smith.
FCC Approves First New Combination of Top-Four Rated Television Stations in More Than Five Years with Grant of Gray’s KXLT Assignment Application
Gray appreciates the FCC Media Bureau’s careful consideration of our waiver request and its recognition of the marketplace in which today’s local television stations compete for viewers and ...
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Gray Media Receives FCC Waiver to Acquire KXLT-TV in Rochester Market
The expedited approval process represents the shortest processing time for a duopoly waiver in FCC history, highlighting the efficiency of Gray Media's application and the growing momentum of its ...
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FCC Announces New National Security Unit Focusing on State-Sponsored Cyber Threats
This espionage campaign was even characterized by one senior U.S. senator as the “worst telecom hack in our nation’s history . . . .” Under the Biden Administration, the FCC also recognized ...
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Strange Bedfellows: FCC’s ‘60 Minutes’ Probe Brings Advocacy Orgs Together to Sound Alarm About First Amendment Threat
As Corn-Revere and others have noted in recent commentaries, the history of “news distortion” complaints at the FCC is closely intertwined with content that has aggravated politicians and ...