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aGDevil2k said:
We live in a dictatorship
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Yes we do. And you know what? Those people who are supporting this need to understand that a precedent is being set. It will someday be used against them in a future administration (and maybe even in this administration).

Good chance that we have a period where we move from right dictatorship to left because neither side is going to play this game asymmetrically until changes are made to prevent these abuses.
 
My kids are going to be really upset in the coming days when they try to watch some of their favorite movies and/or shows and realize the subscriptions have been canceled.
 
Oh, Sinclair loves Charlie Kirk so much? Thinks firing Jimmy Kimmel is not enough?

You see, if we ever get power, these people must be punished or they will continue to do the same fuckery. There will be a time soon when we can say goodbye to Sinclair.
 




Late Night talk shows have been shrinking in viewership and value for years now — they were/are a soft target for government officials and activists looking to flex/make a point that is as much about cowing others as silencing a particular voice.

There was a spasm of this after 9/11 that was more carefully run through conservative activists than directly by government arm twisting — it’s part of what got Bill Maher’s Politically Incorrect taken off the air. But at that time cable (and eventually streaming) provided a new and growing platform for speech too controversial for the networks.

Network TV has been diminishing this century and has always been extremely risk averse because networks are subject to government licensing arrangements that made them more conservative about what they air and how they respond to backlash.
 
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My greatest concern with all of this is represented by Ramrouser's response on the Kirk thread. We knew years ago Trump is an authoritarian. We knew he wants to use the power of the state to control everything and consolidate power in a (right wing) executive. We knew he would push the limits of the law and the constitution to the breaking point and beyond.

Our only hope was that Americans who identify as conservative, and especially those like Ramrouser who are in a position to (a) know, and (b) do something about it, would wake up to Trump's anti-conservatism and push back before it's too late. Alas, rather than defenses of free speech and constitutional norms, that group appears to be consolidating around "the markets decide." All without recognizing that Trump is actively, every day, using the power of the state to manipulate and control the "markets."

I'm not disappointed in Trump. I knew he would be this bad. I'm disappointed in the people who consider themselves conservatives but constantly find ways to defend and excuse Trump's obvious authoritarianism.
 
CNN may be next, but at least they're (sometimes) still calling it what it is.


Weaponize the levers of government for partisan political gain. Pressure privately owned media companies to toe the party line. Punish the owners who resist and reward the ones who acquiesce.

That’s how Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán consolidated control of the media in his country, according to scholars who witnessed Hungary’s democratic backsliding firsthand.

President Trump and his allies appear to be running the same playbook against media outlets in the US.
 
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