CURRENT EVENTS — NOVEMBER

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“… The fresh critique came as the Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday it was opening a review of agreements between national networks and local broadcast stations. Trump suggested the commission should move to revoke the broadcast licenses of Disney-owned (DIS.N), opens new tabABC stations following questions about Jamal Khashoggi that he called "insubordinate."

FCC Chair Brendan Carr, a Republican, said the review will cover when stations can opt not to air programming on public interest grounds. The FCC, an independent federal agency, issues eight-year licenses to individual broadcast stations, not networks.

The White House press office described ABC News as “a Democratic spin operation masquerading as a broadcast network" in an email sent to the press, which included a list of grievances against the network dating from 2017. It accused ABC News of waging “war” on the president and the millions of Americans who elected him to office.

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Contracts between the networks and affiliates have penalties for not airing programming for extended periods. The FCC notice asks "are national programmers able to take actions or threaten to punish local broadcast TV stations that attempt to exercise their lawful right to preempt national programming?"
The agency asked if it should adopt regulations to address "anticompetitive leverage and behavior by large networks?"

Carr said the FCC had initiated the review because national programmers are "reportedly preventing those broadcasters from serving their local communities - including by punishing them for exercising their right to preempt national programming."

Last December, ABC News agreed to give $15 million to the Trump presidential library to resolve a lawsuit over comments that anchor George Stephanopoulos made on air involving the civil case brought against Trump by writer E. Jean Carroll….”
 
nycfan said:


“… The fresh critique came as the Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday it was opening a review of agreements between national networks and local broadcast stations. Trump suggested the commission should move to revoke the broadcast licenses of Disney-owned (DIS.N), opens new tabABC stations following questions about Jamal Khashoggi that he called "insubordinate."

FCC Chair Brendan Carr, a Republican, said the review will cover when stations can opt not to air programming on public interest grounds. The FCC, an independent federal agency, issues eight-year licenses to individual broadcast stations, not networks.

The White House press office described ABC News as “a Democratic spin operation masquerading as a broadcast network" in an email sent to the press, which included a list of grievances against the network dating from 2017. It accused ABC News of waging “war” on the president and the millions of Americans who elected him to office.

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Contracts between the networks and affiliates have penalties for not airing programming for extended periods. The FCC notice asks "are national programmers able to take actions or threaten to punish local broadcast TV stations that attempt to exercise their lawful right to preempt national programming?"
The agency asked if it should adopt regulations to address "anticompetitive leverage and behavior by large networks?"

Carr said the FCC had initiated the review because national programmers are "reportedly preventing those broadcasters from serving their local communities - including by punishing them for exercising their right to preempt national programming."

Last December, ABC News agreed to give $15 million to the Trump presidential library to resolve a lawsuit over comments that anchor George Stephanopoulos made on air involving the civil case brought against Trump by writer E. Jean Carroll….”
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nycfan said:


“… The fresh critique came as the Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday it was opening a review of agreements between national networks and local broadcast stations. Trump suggested the commission should move to revoke the broadcast licenses of Disney-owned (DIS.N), opens new tabABC stations following questions about Jamal Khashoggi that he called "insubordinate."

FCC Chair Brendan Carr, a Republican, said the review will cover when stations can opt not to air programming on public interest grounds. The FCC, an independent federal agency, issues eight-year licenses to individual broadcast stations, not networks.

The White House press office described ABC News as “a Democratic spin operation masquerading as a broadcast network" in an email sent to the press, which included a list of grievances against the network dating from 2017. It accused ABC News of waging “war” on the president and the millions of Americans who elected him to office.

…
Contracts between the networks and affiliates have penalties for not airing programming for extended periods. The FCC notice asks "are national programmers able to take actions or threaten to punish local broadcast TV stations that attempt to exercise their lawful right to preempt national programming?"
The agency asked if it should adopt regulations to address "anticompetitive leverage and behavior by large networks?"

Carr said the FCC had initiated the review because national programmers are "reportedly preventing those broadcasters from serving their local communities - including by punishing them for exercising their right to preempt national programming."

Last December, ABC News agreed to give $15 million to the Trump presidential library to resolve a lawsuit over comments that anchor George Stephanopoulos made on air involving the civil case brought against Trump by writer E. Jean Carroll….”
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Sounds like ABC is about to learn why you don’t negotiate with terrorists or give in to bullies.
 
nycfan said:


“… The fresh critique came as the Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday it was opening a review of agreements between national networks and local broadcast stations. Trump suggested the commission should move to revoke the broadcast licenses of Disney-owned (DIS.N), opens new tabABC stations following questions about Jamal Khashoggi that he called "insubordinate."

FCC Chair Brendan Carr, a Republican, said the review will cover when stations can opt not to air programming on public interest grounds. The FCC, an independent federal agency, issues eight-year licenses to individual broadcast stations, not networks.

The White House press office described ABC News as “a Democratic spin operation masquerading as a broadcast network" in an email sent to the press, which included a list of grievances against the network dating from 2017. It accused ABC News of waging “war” on the president and the millions of Americans who elected him to office.

…
Contracts between the networks and affiliates have penalties for not airing programming for extended periods. The FCC notice asks "are national programmers able to take actions or threaten to punish local broadcast TV stations that attempt to exercise their lawful right to preempt national programming?"
The agency asked if it should adopt regulations to address "anticompetitive leverage and behavior by large networks?"

Carr said the FCC had initiated the review because national programmers are "reportedly preventing those broadcasters from serving their local communities - including by punishing them for exercising their right to preempt national programming."

Last December, ABC News agreed to give $15 million to the Trump presidential library to resolve a lawsuit over comments that anchor George Stephanopoulos made on air involving the civil case brought against Trump by writer E. Jean Carroll….”
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Remember when MAGA pretended to care about the First Amendment?
 
Icky Mettle said:
Well I’d like to be a fly on the tacky-ass wall for that.
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Allow me to hazard a guess, something along the llines of:

"Listen Zohan (sic), I've got a lot of "friends" in NYC, nobody wants a garbage strike in the first week of your term with trash piling up in the streets. You don't want that do you? OK, so listen, here's how you're going to play ball."
 
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