I haven't watched broadcast TV in over a decade, except for live sports. I also haven't listened to broadcast radio in even longer. My teenage children don't know how to use the TV or radio. It's like someone telling me a company has a monopoly on the telephone lines; nostalgic for me but utterly useless in 2026.

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s0ss 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

most people aren't hn readers. broadcast tv is far from useless in 2026, that's how many normies watch tv.

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sleepybrett an hour ago | parent [-]

this is all about allowing sinclair and their right wing ilk to own local news.

	▲	throw0101d an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> this is all about allowing sinclair and their right wing ilk to own local news. From 2017, "Sinclair Broadcast Group: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)": * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvtNyOzGogc "John Oliver: Sinclair Broadcasting brings 'troubling' rightwing bias to local news": * https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jul/03/john-ol... "John Oliver: How Sinclair Broadcast Group 'Brainwashes' Local News": * https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/john-ol...

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mulmen an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

And you believe everyone is just like you? What are the consequences of consolidating ownership of broadcast stations? Remember the Kimmel incident? How does that go with even more consolidation?