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McDad said:
From link:
If the transaction is approved, Nexstar will pay $22 in cash for each share of Tegna’s outstanding stock. And the regulatory greenlight could be likely under President Donald Trump’s administration, which has long-advocated for loosening industry restrictions

......Other experts note that previous consolidation in the industry has already shown this.

Nexstar, founded in 1996, has itself grow substantially with acquisitions over the latest two decades, becoming the biggest operator of local TV stations in the U.S. after it purchased Tribune Media back in 2019.

.....The potential purchase also arrives amid wider regulatory shifts. Brendan Carr, the Trump-appointed chairman the Federal Communications Commission, which will need to give the transaction the green light, has long advocated for loosening industry restrictions. On Aug. 7, the FCC [COLOR=var(--color-link-text)]announcedhttps://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-delete-98-outdated-broadcast-rules-and-requirements[/COLOR] that it would be repealing 98 broadcast rules and requirements that it identified as “obsolete, outdated, or unnecessary.”
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I don't know how to fix the font issue. I don't even know why the three copy pasted are different. 🤷‍♂️
 
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#227
McDad said:
What does "there it is" mean? Your initial post.

The article also states djt is for deregulation, carr is for deregulation, and the co has been consoliding for 2 decades.
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There was an FCC-regulated multi-billion $ merger on the line with the Colbert thing, too.
 
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McDad said:
"There it is" is about Colbert?
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IDK what you're asking.

People need to understand that the proper role of government is to avoid all appearance of corruption, spoils, etc. It's important to public trust. We don't want smoke at all. That's not good. Carefully avoiding conflicts of interest is what we need to be demanding from our leaders. Careful adherence to the bill of rights is what we need to be demanding from them. Defending them when they are reckless because of plausible deniability is not the way to go. Demand that they avoid all appearance of wrongdoing. This is so bad.

It's to the point that there is so much smoke everywhere, all the time, of course there is fire, but people are still standing around going...man, that's just smoke. At least can we go with, Hey, will y'all stop creating so much smoke?
 
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n_huffhines said:
IDK what you're asking.
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Here we go again. Ask a question and I will clarify.

Allow me to do what I can.
Your post: "there it is"
My post: what does "there it is" mean
Your post: Colbert.
My post; there it is is in regards to Colbert?
Your post: idk

What does "there it is" mean? Apparently I wrongly connected it to FCC/Carr/Kimmel. So what does it mean?
 
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McDad said:
Agree. It doesnt take a rocket science. It takes a theorist.
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And my theory is that it is extremely naive to think these folks looking for the FCC to approve a merger weren’t looking to curry favor with the FCC and Trump.

It is true that the affiliates wanted action before Carr’s comments but I have to believe they knew where their bread is buttered. The decision by ABC to suspend Kimmel was made FOLLOWING Carr’s comments. Believe what you like but I know what it looks like to me. Way too much coincidence with the mergers hanging in the balance.

I’ve already stated that Kimmel jumped to conclusions and spoke way too quickly. Deserved some sort of punishment. But I will never believe a total suspension was coming from ABC without the merger pressure and Carr’s (and Trump’s) threats.

www.businessinsider.com

A $6.2 billion deal looms over Jimmy Kimmel's suspension

Jimmy Kimmel drew the wrath of Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair after the FCC's Carr criticized him. Nexstar has a $6.2 billion deal on the line.
www.businessinsider.com www.businessinsider.com
 
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MontyPython said:
Provide a link to where ANYONE from ABC or Disney says that Jimmy was fired because of his show's ratings.

You can't because it never happened.

What did happen was the FCC stomped on ABC's affiliates and threatened horrible consequences if ABC didn't punish Jimmy.
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n_huffhines said:
IDK what you're asking.

People need to understand that the proper role of government is to avoid all appearance of corruption, spoils, etc. It's important to public trust. We don't want smoke at all. That's not good. Carefully avoiding conflicts of interest is what we need to be demanding from our leaders. Careful adherence to the bill of rights is what we need to be demanding from them. Defending them when they are reckless because of plausible deniability is not the way to go. Demand that they avoid all appearance of wrongdoing. This is so bad.

It's to the point that there is so much smoke everywhere, all the time, of course there is fire, but people are still standing around going...man, that's just smoke. At least can we go with, Hey, will y'all stop creating so much smoke?
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You misspelled, "Why won't you believe my conspiracy theory???!!!!!!"
 
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Delmar said:
And my theory is that it is extremely naive to think these folks looking for the FCC to approve a merger weren’t looking to curry favor with the FCC and Trump.

It is true that the affiliates wanted action before Carr’s comments but I have to believe they knew where their bread is buttered. The decision by ABC to suspend Kimmel was made FOLLOWING Carr’s comments. Believe what you like but I know what it looks like to me. Way too much coincidence with the mergers hanging in the balance.

I’ve already stated that Kimmel jumped to conclusions and spoke way too quickly. Deserved some sort of punishment. But I will never believe a total suspension was coming from ABC without the merger pressure and Carr’s (and Trump’s) threats.

www.businessinsider.com

A $6.2 billion deal looms over Jimmy Kimmel's suspension

Jimmy Kimmel drew the wrath of Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair after the FCC's Carr criticized him. Nexstar has a $6.2 billion deal on the line.
www.businessinsider.com www.businessinsider.com
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It's a free country. Have no problems with what you choose to believe or the dots you connect. Almost all of us do that at some level. So, no worries.

Huff posted a link about affiliate mergers earlier. Did you happen to see it?
 
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The NBA and late night tv have a very similar problem. NBA commissioner dumbly admitted that it's a highlight league. He's right. No reason to watch it live. Catch the highlights all over social media the next day. Even more so with late night. Why stay up and watch a show that has probably 3-5 minutes of funny/interesting stuff when I can just catch a clip the next day? I was/am a huge Conan fan. Stopped watching him live for that reason. Now I can stay up and not watch a ton of not funny or interesting and catch the good stuff later
 
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Orange_Crush said:
We may be figuring out why he got the hook.
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Ratings were tanking. Hey and the other two late night morons have tried to make a carreer out of trashing Trump. People are over it, it's no longer funny, especially when left leaning radicials are killing people every other week. Three reasons contributed to the firing:

1. His ratings sucked and Kimmel gave them an excuse.
2. Local stations were tired of it and had had enough and were refusing to air the show.
3. FCC pressure.

Kimmel made his bed, he poured gas on it, He jumped in it and covered himself with gas soaked blankets, and he fired up a Virginia slim with his Bic lighter.
 
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n_huffhines said:
IDK what you're asking.

People need to understand that the proper role of government is to avoid all appearance of corruption, spoils, etc. It's important to public trust. We don't want smoke at all. That's not good. Carefully avoiding conflicts of interest is what we need to be demanding from our leaders. Careful adherence to the bill of rights is what we need to be demanding from them. Defending them when they are reckless because of plausible deniability is not the way to go. Demand that they avoid all appearance of wrongdoing. This is so bad.

It's to the point that there is so much smoke everywhere, all the time, of course there is fire, but people are still standing around going...man, that's just smoke. At least can we go with, Hey, will y'all stop creating so much smoke?
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So, what is it that you don't want the FCC being allowed to do? Oversee and approve mergers between broadcasters, or investigate and enforce federal law over broadcasters? Both are in their definition, and you're balking that it is a conflict of interest.

Your argument basically boils down to "We really can't allow the government agencies to have authority!", which is precisely what you were arguing years ago as an anarcho-capitalist, or whatever it was you self-identified as. By definition, the government exists, in some part, to instill fear. It is there to oversee and threaten anyone who gets breaks the law.

IMO, it's probably pertinent to ask: "What kind of investigation may have been meant, and would it have been an appropriate investigation?"

What kinds of laws and policies are entailed with broadcast companies being licensed to use our public airwaves? Have those licensed abused that in any way? Had JimmyKim gone afoul of that?

If we get a grip on those things, it may then make a better time to run around screaming and flailing our arms.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
Ratings were tanking. Hey and the other two late night morons have tried to make a carreer out of trashing Trump. People are over it, it's no longer funny, especially when left leaning radicials are killing people every other week. Three reasons contributed to the firing:

1. His ratings sucked and Kimmel gave them an excuse.
2. Local stations were tired of it and had had enough and were refusing to air the show.
3. FCC pressure.

Kimmel made his bed, he poured gas on it, He jumped in it and covered himself with gas soaked blankets, and he fired up a Virginia slim with his Bic lighter.
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Similarly, I wonder what SNL ratings are like.


Edit to add: Is this good?

Saturday Night Live (TV) - Stats, Ratings, Viewership

Daily data and stats for Saturday Night Live. Television Stats helps you understand viewership and ratings trends by comparing online TV performance data on all shows.
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Orange_Crush said:
Your argument basically boils down to "We really can't allow the government agencies to have authority!",
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I may be confused so take this post as you will.
According to the article Huff linked, both djt and fcc suit Carr are favoring deregulation. They are on a similar path of less government authority. I think huff's path goes further to 'no government authority'. I doubt we will ever get that from DC personnel. But in a narrow way they want something similar as huff.
 
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McDad said:
I may be confused so take this post as you will.
According to the article Huff linked, both djt and fcc suit Carr are favoring deregulation. They are on a similar path of less government authority. I think huff's path goes further to 'no government authority'. I doubt we will ever get that from DC personnel. But in a narrow way they want something similar as huff.
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I believe so as well, which is the absuridity that I was calling out. I recall arguing with huff years ago, against the anarchy ideals he espoused. (And that was before he was radicalized into this strange hate factory that he's now become.) He's lost platform with me.

It is not a conflict of interest for the government to be both an overseer and enforcer, as huff indicated.

I am also a big fan of as small a gov't as we can get away with, and as few regulations as it takes to protect us.
 
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Orange_Crush said:
I believe so as well, which is the absuridity that I was calling out. I recall arguing with huff years ago, against the anarchy ideals he espoused. (And that was before he was radicalized into this strange hate factory that he's now become.) He's lost platform with me.

It is not a conflict of interest for the government to be both an overseer and enforcer, as huff indicated.

I am also a big fan of as small a gov't as we can get away with, and as few regulations as it takes to protect us.
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Agree with some of your post.

I don't want anarchy, either. I want as much freedom as possible but not so much anarchy is the result.
 
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One thing to consider, neither Biden nor Obama ever had to pressure any network because they were all on the same team. The networks were willing collaborators to anything the liberals wanted.
 
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n_huffhines said:
IDK what you're asking.

People need to understand that the proper role of government is to avoid all appearance of corruption, spoils, etc. It's important to public trust. We don't want smoke at all. That's not good. Carefully avoiding conflicts of interest is what we need to be demanding from our leaders. Careful adherence to the bill of rights is what we need to be demanding from them. Defending them when they are reckless because of plausible deniability is not the way to go. Demand that they avoid all appearance of wrongdoing. This is so bad.

It's to the point that there is so much smoke everywhere, all the time, of course there is fire, but people are still standing around going...man, that's just smoke. At least can we go with, Hey, will y'all stop creating so much smoke?
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You didn’t feel that way when some were promoting and allowing illegal invaders to flock into the country.
 
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MontyPython said:
Provide a link to where ANYONE from ABC or Disney says that Jimmy was fired because of his show's ratings.

You can't because it never happened.

What did happen was the FCC stomped on ABC's affiliates and threatened horrible consequences if ABC didn't punish Jimmy.
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Funny that decision by one of the affiliate owners made the decision before Carr made his comments.
 
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