This Could Be Huge: The FCC Is Investigating American Media & Other Companies For Russian Ownership

[hlthe2b]

https://www.politicususa.com/2022/02/25/this-could-be-huge-the-fcc-is-investigating-american-media-and-other-companies-for-russian-ownership-ties.html

This Could Be Huge: The FCC Is Investigating American Media And Other Companies For Russian Ownership Ties

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Conservative companies like Fox News that have been engaging in pro-Russia coverage have raised suspicion. Any companies that are found to have ownership ties to Russia could be deemed a security threat to the United States and could be subject to being shut down and kicked out of the United States.

There are likely some conservative media companies that should be very nervous about what the FCC review could find. Any outlet that is offering pro-Putin coverage should raise suspicion.

RT, the Russian own propaganda network in the US, should be kicked out of the country ASAP.

The investigation is the clearest sign yet that the Biden administration isn’t fooling around, as it is possible that the investigation could reveal the Russian penetration into conservative media and get Russian propaganda out of the country.

Link to tweet

[mucifer]

1. I'm always wary of Politicusa articles. They usually sound great and then nothing happens. BUT

I hope this time they got it right.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

21. The news came from CNN:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/25/tech/fcc-russia-ownership-probe/index.html

[mucifer]

23. Great! Lets hope they can prove fox is tied to russia

[70sEraVet]

34. And check Tucker's bank accounts, specifically.

Including ones hidden overseas.

[Obvious85]

46. The PROOF is in their daily programing

Seriously!

[Skittles]

65. something is amiss with Fox

their official sponsors are too pitiful to make any impact

[onenote]

28. Yes. But it's politicsusa that claims this could be "huge"

Speaking from four decades of FCC practice, the chances that this will have any impact on broadcast or cable channels are next to zero.

[msfiddlestix]

37. that's unfortunate

Why do have an FCC again? (Rhetorical question, I'll have to google their great accomplishments later when I have time, but right now I just can't think of anything much)

I agree with the assessment on politicalusa, though. Their reporting out statements of something huge, has rarely if ever panned out in reality. It's almost like we should consider their stuff as "fake news" unfortunately.

[mucifer]

39. Yup. I think we have an FCC so swear words don't inflict horrific harm unlike TREASON

you know swear words and nudity. That's the stuff that will destroy us. Not treason.

[msfiddlestix]

42. bwahahaha... good one. :)

exactly my point.. and they seem to be A-OK with media monopolies.

can't imagine the insider trading capability to enrich themselves mightily. while our democracy suffers with equal force in calamity.

[onenote]

40. There are very specific ownership rules

including rules relating to foreign ownership shares. I've worked on many transactions where these rules have to be carefully analyzed -- the FCC is pretty diligent about reviewing ownership of its licensees. There also is a multi-agency review called "Team Telecom." So even if it turns out that there is Russian ownership in a licensee, unless it exceeds the limit established in the rules (which would be unlikely) there's nothing the FCC can do. It would have to conduct a rule making to change the limits.

[msfiddlestix]

41. ✔️ Ty n/t

[Beachnutt]

55. Sanctions matter ?

[Scrivener7]

2. They should have done this seven years ago, but OK. Better late than never.

[spanone]

8. trump was elected seven years ago....

The investigation is the clearest sign yet that the Biden administration isn’t fooling around, as it is possible that the investigation could reveal the Russian penetration into conservative media and get Russian propaganda out of the country.

[Scrivener7]

9. Yes. That is when it became clear that Russia was using our

media and social media to manipulate us.

The FCC should have done what we pay them to do then.

I am grateful to the Biden administration for forcing it, and I get that the force is what is making it happen.

But that should not have been necessary. The FCC's job is to protect us from threats like this.

[spanone]

10. trump would not have allowed that to happen.

[Scrivener7]

11. Trump should not have had jurisdiction if the commission was doing its job correctly.

But like many other groups it wouldn't cross him. Even though, really, crossing him on this issue is a big part of its responsibility.

[certainot]

20. need to work over RW radio ownership. heart and cumulus have lost money for years - the

rw radio propaganda operation has been used by putin

that's all been free for republicans and putin, paid for by advertisers that need to be shamed, named, boycotted, protested and those 87 universities and many pro teams that use rw radio also need to be protested.

a lot of the putin love started with talk radio, and that racism, but it’s also that putin has been using talk radio in the US since at least 2008/palin ( like he has in other countries). limbaugh sold the 'climategate' hoax in 2009 which started from a russian hack and involved Wikileaks. that saved putin billions and prob trillions in global warming/fossil profits not lost in global warming action

kremlin’s fed them a lot of shit over the years, praising putin and russia's love the any radian wet dream, as well as the racism and bigotry. kremlin basically used it to push the GOP right and eventually used it to put trump in the white house. the whole anti immigration push they sold was too much for GOP establishment that’s always fed of and used ‘illegal’ immigrants as cheap labor and for keeping wages low. the whole anti ‘liberal deep state’ meme that limbaugh led that was ten months later turned into the Q-anon defense of trump’s treason may have been a russian operation. as was trump’s making covid worse and the COVID is a hoax antii-vax bullshit. now they’re going to use it to ramp up criticism of biden in hopes of taking back senate and congress and maybe putting in trump or other to lift sanctions etc

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

50. Trump was elected five years and three months ago, in 2016.

Picky, I know, but it's currently February, 2022.

[lastlib]

56. not *elected*--*installed* my 2cts.

[onenote]

62. Trump was inaugurated five years and one month ago

How don you figure seven years?

[spanone]

68. Seems like 70

[Botany]

3. What I really want to know how much Russian money was behind "the apprentice?"

Please release the whole Muller Report Mr. President.

[Lonestarblue]

19. Mueller was not allowed to investigate Trump's financial ties to Russia.

Rosenstein refused to allow that, so I don’t think that investigation has ever been done, other than the findings of reporters who actually dug up lot with Trump’s Deutsche Bank loans guaranteed by Russia. Eric Trump bragged that Trump Org. got all the money it needed from Russia, so there has likely been a secret open spigot from Russia to Trump in addition to the Deutsche Bank loans. Putin’s asset has no doubt been well paid to destroy democracy in the US. I believe that Putin is not afraid for Russia’s national security; he is afraid of democracy and is trying to quash the country with lots of contact with Russian citizens.

[Deminpenn]

4. Social media, too?

nt

[Emile]

5. This could mean the end for Newsmax and FOX!

[onenote]

63. Highly unlikely

[spanone]

6. ...K&R...

[Corgigal]

7. Very important work.

Work fast and release all the information.

I don’t care if the fools being played believe it, I just want the truth.

Next comes the politicians.

[gab13by13]

12. We need to do more than shut them down,

DOJ maybe could get involved?

[Scrivener7]

15. Heh.

[Duppers]

22. Absolutely!

👍

[UpInArms]

13. Flashback: Rupert Murdoch's Ex-Wife Wendi Deng Is Dating Vladimir Putin

March 31, 2016

So Wendi Deng is back in the news, and I for one am delighted. You might remember Deng as Rupert Murdoch's ex-wife. The pair reportedly split up a couple years ago because Murdoch suspected that Deng was having an affair with Tony Blair. You know, regular relationship stuff. You also might remember her from that time she smacked a protester who had squished a pie into Rupert's face.

Well, now Wendi is back in the news, because according to Us Weekly (and when has it ever been wrong about anything?), she's now dating Russian president Vladimir Putin.

https://www.gq.com/story/wendi-deng-vladimir-putin-dating

And …

March 31, 2016

Rupert Murdoch’s Ex-Wife Wendi Deng Is Dating Vladimir Putin

How’s this for a new couple alert? The rumor circulating around the corridors of power — from Washington, D.C., to Europe and Asia — is that Vladimir Putin and Wendi Deng, Rupert Murdoch’s ex-wife, are dating. See more photos of Wendi here.

Reports of the pair have been floating around for years, ever since their respective divorces in 2014 and 2013.

One insider close to the powerful leader tells Us Weekly the relationship is “serious.”

… snip …

Deng has yet to be spotted looking romantic with the Russian leader, but was seen boarding her pal Roman Abramovich‘s yacht in St. Bart’s on Monday, March 28. Abramovich also happens to be friends with Putin. (According to the Daily Mail, the billionaire Chelsea Football Club owner reportedly gifted the president with a $35 million yacht in January.)

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/rupert-murdochs-ex-wife-wendi-deng-is-dating-vladimir-putin-w200077/

[bucolic_frolic]

14. Maybe they should investigate R. Congressmen for the same thing

Which oil and gas projects are the payoff to this transparent effort? They couldn't even convict impeachment!

[UpInArms]

16. Additional Flashback: Ivanka Trump and Wendi Deng Sat in the Most Interesting US Open Box This Weeke

Top row: Michael Hess, Jared Kushner, Leon Black, and Karlie Kloss; Bottom row: Susan Hess, Wendi Deng, David Geffen, Ivanka Trump, and Dasha Zhukova



https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/sporting/news/a7802/ivanka-trump-wendi-deng-us-open/

[niyad]

25. I remember the stories about daughter spawn and putin's playmate being friends,

but did not know that she was rupert's former trophy.

(On a tacky note, looking at daughter spawn reminded me of a line from "First Wives Club", "Gee, Morty, couldn't you afford to get her a whole dress?".

[PatSeg]

27. Tacky but true!

Did she look in the mirror before she left the house?

[ms liberty]

26. I want very much to say something about Ivanka's inability to dress herself appropriately for

Well, any occasion at all, but I will leave it at that.

[niyad]

29. You are far more gracious than I.

[ms liberty]

30. On a different day, I might say more!! n/t

[calimary]

59. Gee, Ivanka. Your dress is falling off...

Oh. Never mind. I get it.

That’s the whole point.

[blue-wave]

17. As they always say: Follow the money

K&R

[calimary]

60. Yep. That's the whole point, too.

Follow the money.

[Farmer-Rick]

18. The filthy rich don't care

Report them, investigate the hell out of them. But they got a lock on our media, executive, legislative and judicial government branches. And just like those New York prosecutors investigating Trump's obvious fraud suddenly quitting, they can buy whatever they want or need. The oligarchs rule us like Putin rules Russia.

The filthy rich are strangling us and they are not going to let go until they have every last cent we own.

[tikka]

53. Exactly

Democracy for the people is just an impediment to the oligarchs' goals and desires. A misinformed or ignorant public is ill-prepared to fight them.

[MarcA]

54. True. Maybe they will start fighting among themselves

over their ill gotten gain. Just an idea.

[edhopper]

24. The majority of Fox viewers

will not believe or not care if it is proven to be a Russian outlet.

[sop]

31. They should target the NRA.

Russian media companies are spreading lies and propaganda, the NRA is spreading death.

[jaxexpat]

32. Mueller, the FCC, the USDC for the SDNY: all take it to the edge, who has the guts to push it off?

The fight for the heart, soul and future of the US is deadlocked in the boardrooms of major corporations and the partners' chambers of major law firms. While we sit rapt, hopefully and uneasily, watching for a final move toward the tipping point, the accountants have already won.

[ashredux]

33. Well, it seems we may be in a new world at this point

[jaxexpat]

35. Yeah, the cleaning lady might have to work late.

[FakeNoose]

36. Does that mean Rupert Murdoch is a secret Russian oligarch?

Or maybe he just looked the other way while Pootie slept with his former wife? I don't really care about the nasty gossip, but I DO CARE about how this malicious worm has messed up our country with his Faux Noise platform. The Murdoch family needs to be launched on a one-way trip to outer space.

[tavernier]

38. Did she surgically have her "lady parts" lined in gold?

Because she certainly isn’t much to look at. But then again, neither are Rupert and Vlady.

[Joinfortmill]

43. Thank God! Go Joe!!

[housecat]

44. Please oh please!! This could be just what we need!

[Martin Eden]

45. To answer Tuckum's question ...

Vlad Putin's Russia is an authoritarian regime where political opponents are imprisoned or murdered, whereas Ukraine is a fledgling democracy seeking to align itself with America and other Western democracies.

There is no question as to which side Russia has taken in the global struggle between democracy and authoritarianism -- and it is increasingly clear which side Tucker Carlson and Fox News have taken as well.

[BlueIdaho]

58. Excellent Post!

[ymetca]

66. Well said

But what once seemed obvious to most Americans...

He's seen our lack of media censorship as a weakness to be exploited, and we've let media consolidation get WAY too concentrated.

Since Reagan (at least), we've been propagandized into undermining our own government, at every level.

And Putin's Russia is the perfect example of where unregulated Oligopoly Capitalism winds up.

[dlk]

47. We must do something about the poisonous traitors among us

The are spreading their toxic message everywhere.

[Rebl2]

48. We have

a Russian state radio (radio Sputnik) station broadcasting in the KCMO area-actually I believe it’s St. Joseph, MO. The man that owns it last name is Schartel. I believe there may be more stations throughout the country. Maybe they should investigate them?

[gab13by13]

49. I keep seeing the words "could" or Should"

in posts like this. Looking for a word like "is"

[hlthe2b]

51. Sorry. I appreciate the sentiment but accuracy matters

[PatrickforB]

52. I've always wondered about the Sinclair Media group...n/t

[BlueIdaho]

57. If any of these companies

Are hiding Russian money - they and their corporate bosses should be banned from ever operating in any media outlet again.

[BobTheSubgenius]

61. Oh, great question, Tucker.

My God. You are unutterably stupid, or completely mendacious...and those two states are not mutually exclusive.

[BComplex]

64. OMG!!! PLEASE!!!! SHUT DOWN FUX NOOZ!!!!

And jail all the traitors!!!!

[roamer65]

67. They have full power under the Espionage Act of 1917.