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Hopefully we have versions of Nexstar and Sinclair with CBS and NBC to follow this lead ...
From the article;
ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show not because the network found his lies about Charlie Kirk’s assassin abhorrent, but rather because local stations decided to serve their communities and no longer be bullied by big Hollywood and their left-wing drivel.
As current FCC chairman Brendan Carr explained, broadcasters work under a public interest obligation to their communities, and the affiliates were right to stop broadcasting the show. He said that while enforcement of that obligation has been weak for years, his FCC is looking into enforcement options and that the move from Nexstar and Sinclair is “unprecedented.”
Leamer said that Nexstar’s and Sinclair’s actions are part of a broader effort to reform media ownership rules. Right now, the FCC caps the number of households a single company can reach to 39 percent of the market, meaning none of the companies that own affiliates can compete with national networks like ABC and CBS, or streaming services.
That has made it nearly impossible for more conservative-leaning affiliates like Nexstar and Sinclair to wield enough power to stop the content creation force of Hollywood.
thefederalist.com
From the article;
ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show not because the network found his lies about Charlie Kirk’s assassin abhorrent, but rather because local stations decided to serve their communities and no longer be bullied by big Hollywood and their left-wing drivel.
As current FCC chairman Brendan Carr explained, broadcasters work under a public interest obligation to their communities, and the affiliates were right to stop broadcasting the show. He said that while enforcement of that obligation has been weak for years, his FCC is looking into enforcement options and that the move from Nexstar and Sinclair is “unprecedented.”
Leamer said that Nexstar’s and Sinclair’s actions are part of a broader effort to reform media ownership rules. Right now, the FCC caps the number of households a single company can reach to 39 percent of the market, meaning none of the companies that own affiliates can compete with national networks like ABC and CBS, or streaming services.
That has made it nearly impossible for more conservative-leaning affiliates like Nexstar and Sinclair to wield enough power to stop the content creation force of Hollywood.

After Kimmel, Local Stations Can Beat Back Hollywood
ABC suspended Kimmel's show not because the network found his lies abhorrent, but rather because local stations decided to serve their communities.
