Under a Democratic Presidents' Administration, ....Would it have been OK with MAGA folks,

[Ars Longa]

if Obama or Biden's FCC would have pulled the licenses of
FOX, OAN, Newsmax, or any network that showed programming
that criticized the sitting president.?????
Would that have been cool with the MAGA-sphere??
If any of you DU ers have a Trumpy-MAGA person in your Orbit-,
(I do not at this moment),
please ask this question- I'd love to hear the answers!!
Thanks you all!!

[RiverStone]

1. They need to ask this to the FCC Chair

Who is cowardly kissing up to tRump

[thomski64]

2. I have Trumpers in my "orbit" as it were..

..but I don't fucking talk to them..

[SickOfTheOnePct]

3. Well...

...seeing as the FCC has no jurisdiction over FOX, OAN, or Newsmax, guess we'll never know...

[Ars Longa]

4. I thought the FCC had power over them ( and MSNBC and CNN)

-I'll stand corrected.
Thanks for the correction!!

[Earl_from_PA]

6. The FCC has jurisdiction over the over the air broadcasters

And they require that broadcasts are "in the public's interest". With the end of the "fairness doctrine", which required broadcasters to offer time (not necessarily equal time) for opposing points of view, the concept of "in the public's interest" is subjective, and open to interpretation.

It comes down to semantics, and who decides what is "in the public interest".

Cable outlets are not over the air broadcasters, and not subject to that rule.

With Carr leading the FCC, expect more to follow.

The thought police are very real, and very here...

[newdeal2]

5. If you want something bad enough, you can do it

There’s lots of levers in the government to harass a company if you want to abuse power like Trump. Open an SEC investigation - that’s one off the top of my head.

[DJ Synikus Makisimus]

7. Moderate Dems would never so annoy their "friends" across the aisle.

It'd never happen. Just sayin'. Wouldn't. be bipartisan.