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CGMthrowaway 4 hours ago

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Jordan-117 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's a change Carr has publicly contemplated making, but hasn't yet. This is more about CBS under Ellison-controlled Paramount (who is on a quest to consolidate a conservative media empire) to curry favor with the administration by obeying in advance. (The CBS policy is new.)

ratmice 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In FCC DA 26-68 they gave public notice of their change of interpretation/enforcement of the equal time rules to apply to this situation.

CGMthrowaway 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> In FCC DA 26-68

Jan 21. Shapiro appeared Jan 26.

pseudalopex an hour ago | parent [-]

Carr made public comments January 29.[1] The 1st news report of FCC investigation was published February 7 seemingly.[2] And CBS's risk and reward estimates for a current official and a candidate could have differed.[3] And Ossoff and Shapiro had not filed as candidates reportedly.[4]

[1] https://thedesk.net/2026/01/fcc-chairman-comments-equal-time...

[2] https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-agency-investigating-if-...

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47050290

[4] https://latenighter.com/news/jon-ossoffs-colbert-fcc-equal-t...

pseudalopex an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The words after FCC crackdown were including opening a probe into ABC’s “The View,” after Talarico appeared on the show.

toraway 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Uh, why exactly are we inventing a completely speculative alternate possibility when this is perfectly in line with Brendan Carr's multiple public statements and recent examples wielding FCC regulatory power to strong arm media organizations that he claims have a pattern of liberal bias, as well as the recent actions of CBS.

shermantanktop 3 hours ago | parent [-]

We could also speculate that the poster throwing out speculations is itself an account controlled by a foreign state actor (or a domestic one) trying to muddy the waters of discussion.

We shouldn't do that, but we could.

A strong piece of evidence against the FSA theory is that the posts are pretty ham-handed and unsubtle. But maybe that's part of the plan.

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unethical_ban 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It is far more likely for this to be CBS falling in line rather than some method of boosting Talarico.

Heck, if CBS hadn't shown itself to be in Trump's pocket, I would say this is malicious compliance to draw attention to the FCC's skullduggery.