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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFox News Host VISIBLY SHOCKED by Trump henchman's DISTURBING THREAT!
Wherein trumps FCC director openly admits to past and future plans for an authoritarian takeover of network news organizations. These clip videos can be tedious with all the additional yapping but they watch fox so we dont have to - I recommend watching at 1.5x speed or maybe 2x
Its just naked authoritarianism based on a Viktor Orbán model
The Atlantic did a great piece on the dangers/plans:
https://web.archive.org/web/20250331103420/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/05/viktor-orban-hungary-maga-corruption/682111/
Jimvanhise
(614 posts)The FCC can prohibit bad words (and some question whether they should even have that right) but political speech is far beyond their control. Freedom of speech literally means that the government cannot control what you say so they can no more sanction The View than they can with The Washington Post.
Hassin Bin Sober
(27,554 posts)LonePirate
(14,381 posts)Haggard Celine
(17,960 posts)That's all this is about. It's got nothing to do with gatekeeping, whatever that is.
sakabatou
(46,509 posts)Iris
(16,898 posts)Last edited Sun Jul 27, 2025, 02:41 PM - Edit history (2)
that currently exist
B.See
(9,036 posts)did NAZI that coming.